Gilligan!

The Ever Changing Steve: All Straight, All The Time

Some best friend I have: Stanley says all my self-portraits make me look gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I assure you: I am all hetero. To prove it, I present four portraits.

"American By Birth...

...Christian By Choice." But it's a child, not a choice.

Bread 'n' Pops

One can see the oddest things at grocery stores. This partially eaten hunk o' bread was resting on a display of ice pops. Mmm.

Six Pounds of Cheese...Sauce

Don't laugh: it's aged.

Made In Taiwan

Even shopping can be a teaching-learning experience. During our beach vacation, I took my son Max to a souvenir shop because I'm a fan of bad trinketry. In my younger daze, I wanted to be a marine biologist. I loved sharks. Max found this terrible trinket--a set of shark jaws. It served as a good teaching tool. I showed my rapt student that a shark has lots of replacement teeth in rows, ready to march forward, because a shark loses its teeth frequently. "Max, this is why you should brush your teeth--you don't have any replacements after your adult teeth come in." "Daddy, where does this kind of shark live?" "Taiwan! It says so right on the gold sticker."

"Great for Dipping!"

Country Charm, 5 gallons
The starburst reads, "Great for Dipping!"

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TAR BABY'S Restaurant
North Myrtle Beach, SC

Boots & John's Sausage, er, Biscuit Shack

Side Orders
Trash
Trash with Egg

North Myrtle Beach, SC

Try some...vitamin D?

We Costco members are an odd lot. We pay $50 a year for the privilege of witnessing humanity at its basic level: the hunter and the gatherer. At Costco, Saturday is Sample Day! People go crazy over getting free samples of coffee, yogurt, protein bars, and...VITAMIN D. Yes, a stony-faced, hair-netted one-day contractor at Costco stoically thrust at me a vitamin D sample. Costco sees free-sampling as a way to grab buyers and their money. "It's new! It's the latest! Try it!" Costco members see free-sampling as a way to try new things--some members even see Sample Saturday as a grazing opportunity: it's free lunch! But what's the impetus for offering VITAMIN D?! Judging from these hypothetical customer reactions, I still can't figure it out:
[A] "Honey, I don't need lunch--I had my fill of vitamin D at Costco!"
[B] "Wow, this vitamin D is so awesome, I'm gonna buy a 5-lb. tub of it!"
[C] "Tasty."
[D] "That vitamin D really kicked my bones into high gear. I now know that I can't live without it."
Don't ask me which answer is right.