The Village Idiot: Out to Lunch
By Jim Mullen Signal Contributing Writer I was talking to my friend Charlie on the phone last night, and he said he had to go eat dinner. He mentioned he…
By Jim Mullen Signal Contributing Writer I was talking to my friend Charlie on the phone last night, and he said he had to go eat dinner. He mentioned he…
After a string of cash-register robberies, the Crown and Anchor, a pub in south London, decided to stop taking cash altogether. The burglaries have stopped, but now the only way…
By Jim Mullen Signal Contributing Writer Three years ago at this time of year, I mentioned that I had just gone through an entire day without having a pumpkin spice…
By Jim Mullen Signal Contributing Writer What happened to all the cigarette machines that used to be in every store, bar and gas station in the country not so many…
By Jim Mullen Signal Contributing Writer Now that the midterm ballots have been cast, I'm starting to enjoy watching TV again. We're back to commercials for toothpaste and laundry detergent,…
By Jim Mullen Signal Contributing Writer Every now and then, I’ll see a story on one of the home-decorating channels about the 13th Lord Pushface, who lives in genteel poverty…