Staircase Wit

Forget law, I have found the job I was born for - Marketing Manager for M&Ms ! Mars (the manufacturer) lists many job requirements, amon...

My friend Karen used to take little cat naps at work, and although I think she had persuaded her secretary to prevent anyone bursting into h...

Self Magazine on How to stop a headache before it starts provides 8 drug-free tips to avoid agony and painproof your day. It is no wonder I...

I am certainly hopeful that my legal career will not be devoid of the literary influences that made publishing fun so I was interested to se...

Some people have accused me of collecting random items but at least I have never spent $1.13 million on a decoy duck ! And the one pictured ...

Here is the view from my new office (the brick building on the left is my old courthouse): In a completely different vein, I was amused by a...

Pawnshops and moneylenders in fiction are delightfully seedy, and often provide a critical plot element (at least in the sorts of books I en...

Italians call for 1-day pasta strike ! Don't laugh - while everyone in Boston is worried about Bill Belichick and Tapegate and punishm...