Tiny Giant, Jumbo Shrimp, Mandatory Gratuity
A young couple in Bethelehem, Pa., was arrested on theft charges recently when they refused to pay an 18% tip that had been rolled into their restaurant tab, 'cause they insisted service was so bad their waiter didn't deserve a tip. Pope and John Wagner had a meal with friends at Lehigh Pub in Bethelehem and waited for about an hour for their food. They also had to fetch their own napkins and silverware. When they got their $73 tab, they noticed the 18% gratuity had been rolled into the bill. So they told the head bartender that service was whack, paid him for the food

The first rule of Fight Club...
Can you believe it's been 10 years since Tyler Durden graced the silver screen in arguably the coolest film in a decade that otherwise brought us too many remakes and lots of visual crap from over-sized Hollywood studios? If that question was gibberish to you, it's a reference to Fight Club, the movie that, in my opinion, confirmed Brad Pitt and Ed Norton to be very good actors. I have always been just a little scornful of people who ramble on and on a

Ten things that surprise me...or maybe not
Levi Johnston, former almost son-in-law to Sarah & Todd Palin and father of their only grandchild, exposed his junk for Playgirl magazine. Playgirl magazine still exists. In her new book, Going Rouge Rogue, Sarah Palin bit the hands that fed her. And relax, Palin fans. I'm neither bashing the GOP or hockey moms. You should know this already. But just in case, "Bit the hand" is just a fi

I told you about this...
What's crackin', friends and frienemies? I hope you've all been well and have had a restful break from me blogging. See how I flipped that and put the onus on you for my absense? Man, I'm good. I should be a politician. Anywho, I've been plotting my takeover of the world in recent weeks, starting with conquering the Internets. On a more serious note, I wanted to write a quick something about a current homicide case unfolding in the Miami area. In mid-September, 17-year-old Danny Rodriguez, a student at Coral Gables High School, fatally stabbed classmate Juan Carlos

My Friday Column: Practical Environmentalism Through Priorities
Happy Friday, friends and frienemies. Today's Miami Herald Metro column is about how to get average people to care about the environment. But don't let that one line lead you to assume you know the direction this story takes. Give it a read here. A hint for you: We prioritize what we need, whether that's food, shelter, work, money, transportation, or something less serious. When we don't need, we de-stress. When we de-stress, we care about our surroundings, ie. our environment - our literal surroundings and the environment as we think of it by traditional