The mash-up of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's that has become "the Holiday Season" is, without doubt, the most unpleasant time of the year to travel, to shop, to visit the relatives. No wonde
Jim Mullen has been writing "The Village Idiot," a weekly column syndicated in 600 newspapers around the country for the past ten years. "Now in Paperback!" is a selected collection of those columns i
Finalist for the 2001 Thurber Prize for American Humora Rocky Mountain News (Denver) Best Book of the YearMillions of people dream of abandoning the city routine for a simple country life. Jim Mullen
The best shoes to dance in are sneakers with no tread left.Old ski lift tickets are not a fashion accessory.Nothing is "fun for the whole family" unless the parents are under ten.There's no such thing
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THINK CHILDREN ARE THE CUTEST,CUDDLIEST, MOST WONDERFUL, SAINTLY CREATURESIN THE ENTIRE WORLD.THESE PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN.THEY HAVE NICE THINGS. THEY COLLECT FRAGILE POTTERY.
