My Favorite Celebrity Sighting

Stop me if I’ve told you this one.
But my wife, Candi, and I were once in Santa Barbara, perusing books at the Barnes & Noble there, when we had an interesting celebrity encounter.
I was looking at some Jonathan Kellerman novel while Candi was thumbing through a copy of “Shopgirl” by Steve Martin. Then we both heard […]

My Math Teacher and Her KISS of Death

Musical Memoirs Gets a Makeover with KISS 
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Okay, I’ll admit: I was once a KISS fan.
Maybe it was the cool makeup. Perhaps the funky boots. Or possibly even the blood-spitting Gene Simmons, who – rumor had it – had a cow tongue grafted onto his own.
Using wooden spoons as microphones, my friends and I would […]

Bashing, Screeching, Humiliating Fun: Most Memorable Comedian Moments

Steve Martin, Stephen Colbert and a Guy with a Guitar Begin the Top Ten List 
My wife was looking at Steve Martin’s book, “Shopgirl,” at the Barnes & Noble in Santa Barbara a few years back when a man walked behind her and said, “I hear that’s a really good book.”
When we turned around, there was Steve […]