Idle Chatter

The back-of-the-rag humor column for Chatter magazine.

Go West, Pasty Man

Go West, Pasty Man By the time you read this, one of the following will have taken place. I will once again be ensconced along the Dallas-Plano border, having safely returned from a family vacation without so much as hint of sun-induced color upon my glorious, pale...

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The Ghost of Mother’s Day Future

I have a confession to make: I am not a mother. Nor do I play one on TV. I am, according to most medical experts, a dude. Nonetheless, I feel moderately qualified to discuss motherhood as I am related to no less than six mothers – two of whom for which I am...

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