Sergio Aragones, famed cartoonist for MAD is also known in Los Angeles as a bon vivant, and man about town! I've known Sergio for many years, through CAPS and NCS when I belonged to those clubs, and occasional cartoon get togethers. He really is a fascinating man - married three times, and was a real ladies ...

By "friends," I mean my favorite TV shows, but no, I'm not exaggerating. I look forward to certain shows all day or all week. And then I get a little nerdy, and run over to TWOP (Television Without Pity) to see what those guys have to say about it. (Diff shows draw different commenters. Some ...

"Now I'm confused. Is that a black hole, or the maws of AIG?" Cartoon ©D. Barstow 2009 NOTE: My political cartoons for Slate have all been moved to The Opposite of Wrong, where I skewer all the cartoons! Who doesn't love a cartoon bashing AIG, the worst insurance company of all time? And there's a dog in ...

"Melissa, rejected from the Bachelor, joins cast of Dancing with the Stars...and we get our first sonic boom from reality tv." Why I Did It It's a brand new world. Now I have to read the newspaper - I mean the bits besides interesting murders, the funnies, and local stuff that makes me mad. Because my syndicate, ...

"What's a 5-letter word for a woman who's both a barracuda and a pitbull?" I don't know, tell me. I don't do crossword puzzles, I do Soduku. (Actually, my favorites are logic problems.) But you know who they're talking about, right? And the word they might be thinking of? Only a few more days left to love ...