What can I say about the current season about Saturday Night Live that hasn’t been said about the Avian Flu? [cue rimshot] Thank you… I’ll be here all week! Read more…
One of the most important goals of Sweetmonkeypie.com — if not THE most important goal — is to spread the word about the catchphrase destined to become to the 2000s what “the bee’s knees” was to the 1920s. You know… a term that just a few years later will cause you to say, whoa, that was soooooo 2006. Read more…
Let me tell you about my boy, Skeeter. I’ve worked with Skeeter for over two years, and he is one of the “good people.” Of course, his name isn’t really Skeeter, but that’s the nickname I gave him a couple of years ago. Read more…
Yesterday, I changed the faucet in our kitchen. OK, that might not sound like all that much, but as I type it, it feels as monumental as “I graduated from college” or “I have a job.” Because after what I went through yesterday, I honestly think this was much harder. Read more…
At the risk of sounding like David Byrne, “And you may ask yourself, why is this blog called Sweet Monkey Pie? And you may ask yourself, Hey, what is this blog about anyway?” If you don’t know the song “Once in a Lifetime” by the Talking Heads, my apologies. But, by all means, find a movie file of the video. It’s treeeeeeemendous. Read more…
When I was a kid, I remember standing on the end of a diving board, looking at the water below and saying to myself, “Man, I can do a front flip. No biggie.” I was partially paralyzed with fear, primarily because, a) I was 8 years old, and b) I had the athletic skills of a loveseat. But all my friends were doing flips, and dang it, if they jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge, I would have, too (provided they did a flip in the process). Read more…
