A red herring isn’t a fish, but rather the stinkiest method to blow a discussion off course. Rhetoric’s most commonly used device gets its name from Lloyd “Red” Herring, a 1920s Three […]
Throw Beck Thursday: Red Herrings. They’re Just Like Hitler
Throw Beck Thursday: Are You Willing to Save the Universe?
What can you do to save the universe? —- The universe is coming to an end. According to theoretical physicist Joseph Lykken, “It may be that the universe we live in is […]
Throw Beck Thursday: Movie Sequel 2: The Sequel
Why make anything new when cruddy sequels make money? This weekend my kids and I went to see Movie Sequel 2: The Sequel. While we were waiting for the movie to start, […]
Throw Beck Thursday: The Perils of Middle Aged Shoe Shopping
All I wanted was shoes, not wearable traffic cones. — When it comes to buying clothes I couldn’t be more predictably male. I own five of the same shirt, for example, because […]
Throw Beck Thursday: Hulk Angry, Fish No Bite
Will crowds turn out for steroid-free ice fishing? —– Ice fishing season is almost here, but don’t expect the speed, strength, and agility of previous years. A few months ago New York […]
Throw Beck Thursday: Fighting For My Right To Own Guard Cobras
The story the National Cobra Association wants you to hear. —- Just the other day I was talking to this guy over at the Auto Zone and he tells me his place […]
Throw Beck Thursday: Bad Company Wraps Up 40th Anniversary Tour
Hard rock legends don’t disappoint their adoring crowd. It’s hard for me to believe that 40 years have passed since Bad Company became the first artists signed to Led Zeppelin’s fledgling Swan […]
Throw Beck Thursday: Stepping Away From Tragedy
We’re all recovering from something, but that’s okay. Just keep stepping. —- Mine was the definition of a freak accident, the kind where a moment of playfulness takes an unexpected wrong turn […]
Throw Beck Thursday: Stop Exercising and Start Exercising
Enough already with the gym you never visit. Go take a walk. Americans don’t get enough exercise because Americans insist on “exercising,” according to a recent finding that I just made up. […]
Throw Beck Thursday: Farts Embarrass Me (and Other Non-Manly Confessions)
Not so horrible confessions about being a regular guy. —- I recently read a humorous (I think) piece about how much space men take up on the subway. The gist was that […]
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