I’d like to begin by wishing everyone a very merry and safe Christmas and holiday season. I’ve had a good Christmas so far.  My little sister got engaged this morning, and my family is all here together and in good health and good spirits.  In the bigger picture, that’s far  more important than any gifts [...]

Covington, Louisiana, USA – Home to Fat Lester’s Annual Post-Christmas Bonfire and Oyster Extravaganza Every year, on the day after Christmas (December 26, for those of you in Rio Linda), I host an all-day and all-night gathering (read: “party”) way out in rural unincorporated St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. By day, we eat several sacks of [...]

World’s Most Famous Pig Gets Naked To Help Fight Swine Flu December 10, 2009 MIAMI, FLORIDA – Following her arrest and brief detention in New Mexico amidst the chaos and confusion immediately following the media frenzy about a potentially deadly swine flu pandemic, Miss Piggy has agreed to shed her clothes and bare some skin [...]