Gary Butler 
“A car like this,” we are told, “deserves a world stage.” The car in question is the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle, we are a room full of journalists, and the world is a fairly nifty 24-hour cascade of vehicle reveal events that kicked off in Shanghai, continue now in New York, and … Read More
Some very good news, today, April 1. In a press release that I will locate online shortly, a study from leading egologists confirms that which civilized males the world over have suspected since time immemorable: ALMOST EVERY WOMAN SECRETLY WANTS YOU. Don’t worry about the “almost” qualification — there’s plenty … Read More
Friend, and Like: two words whose everyday meanings used to be quite simple. In today’s post-Facebook times, those meanings are changing from qualitative to quantitative. In the process, they are arguably being cheapened, though not (yet) dragged down to the level of Craigslist NSA hookups. The primary goal of a … Read More
If you film it, will they kill? The above maligning of the slogan from the innocent-as-Mom’s-apple-pie baseball film Field of Dreams — not to mention this post’s button-pushing headline — is offered with sincere apologies to the alleged victims of Edmonton’s so-called “Dexter” killer, whose case dates back to fall … Read More
