Jim Mullen 's Recent Stories


Ear today, gone tomorrow

I saw a living legend at a local club recently. I don’t go to nightclubs very often, anymore. What was ..


Thinking outside the lunch box

Are school lunches making our kids obese? I don’t know a lot about school lunches because I carried my lunch ..


The Lower 47

It was 20 years ago today that Texas seceded from the United States. At the time, many Texans thought things ..


A really big show of generation gaps

A TV commentator said the other day that with all that was going on in the world today, President Obama ..


The garden I’m eatin’

Here’s how I raised a wonderful, healthy, fresh vegetable garden working on it only 10 minutes a day. I’d ..


I tweet, therefore I yammer

– 9:00:00: I signed up for Twitter this morning to see what everyone is making such a fuss about. This ..


The reports of our decline have been greatly exaggerated

I just got an e-mail from a European friend, an exchange student who spent his senior year of high ..


Invest in gold: little, yellow, different

CNN (Colonial News Network) June 1804 “Nothing has been heard from Lewis and Clark since they left St. Louis in mid-May. ..


Keep the filth on the net and off the streets

A Cook County, Ill., sheriff is trying to bust craigslist.org, the (almost) free, online classified ad Web site, for running ..


Collecting karma

I got a letter from a collection agency representing one of my doctors. One of my many, many doctors. Let’s ..


Quick Links


Share This Author


More From Jim Mullen


Woodstock: Peace, Love And Rich College Kids
Woodstock: Peace, love and rich college kids

Surviving Armageddon In Your Bathroom
Surviving Armageddon in your bathroom

A Wail On Two Cities
A wail on two cities

In One Tin Ear, Out The Other
In one tin ear, out the other

The Not-so-ungrateful Dead
The not-so-ungrateful dead

Thinking Outside The Lunch Box
Thinking outside the lunch box

Recessionistas: Forgo The Lobster For The $26 Burger
Recessionistas: Forgo the lobster for the $26 burger

It’s Better Than Stealing The Towels
It’s better than stealing the towels

That’s Not A Mint On Your Pillow
That’s not a mint on your pillow

Food Fight!
Food fight!