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I’m officially moving the Dimmer Switch publication day to Thursday. With everything I’ve got going on right now I can’t seem to find time on the weekends or Monday to get any writing done. Of course, working on the column a week ahead of time would alleviate this problem, but I’m a procrastinator [...]

First things first.  The latest offering of the Dimmer Switch is up, and on time even:
A Quest for Coffee
And here’s Joel’s latest:
An Athiest Tries Jesus
Conclusion?  Mine is great; his not so much.  Which leads us to today’s announcement. 
As of this morning, I am announcing the end of major operations in my > Joel Stein campaign.  It’s [...]

The Dimmer Switch has finally been posted (Tuesday, Thursday, both T days, what’s the difference?).  Go read and enjoy:
Go Orange Cold Fronts!
And here’s the obligatory link to Joel Stein’s column this week:
Why I’m in Favor of Torture
Interesting column from Joel this week; not funny, but interesting nonetheless.  In this column, Joel seems to be distancing [...]

I dunno, made sense to me when I typed it.  Well, not really.
ANYWAYS . . .
The Dimmer Switch is up! Go read and enjoy!  It doesn’t suck as badly as I thought it might (I really should brush up on my salesmanship):
A Day at the Renaissance Festival
For those of you still keeping score in my [...]

 
Unlike some mainstream media columnists, I don’t write a column weeks before its published then spend the time before its published editing the soul from my labor of love.  Case in point: yesterday I reported for jury duty and less than 24 hours later I present the following Dimmer Switch for your reading enjoyment:
The Shallow End [...]

After repeated delays, I finally have a new Dimmer Switch for your reading enjoyment (not a guarantee; actual reading enjoyment may vary). You’d think that after more than a week’s wait that I would have an exceptional piece of writing for you, but you get what you get.
Can you say, “put the lotion in [...]

Why yes, it is Tuesday.  Time for me to again make up an excuse why I haven’t posted the Dimmer Switch yet . . . it’s done?  Really?  Well how about that.  Go ahead and give it a read, why don’tcha?
Worse than . . .
And as always, here’s a pity link to the shoddy piece of prose [...]

Things settled down enough last evening for me to finalize this week’s edition of the Dimmer Switch.  Those of you who signed up for the email edition should receive it tomorrow morning, or you can read it now:
Woe is Pluto
Joel’s latest was available yesterday, so kudos for him for meeting his deadline.  That’s the only [...]

I was going to post a write up of Joel’s latest column this evening (finally figured out a way around the registration problem), but to write a proper review you have to fully understand the subject matter. Since his latest column is an incoherent string of sentences void of any real meaning, I would [...]

My bid to take down Joel Stein, although still in its infancy, has yet to register as a blip on his radar.  It’s been three weeks and the MSM still hasn’t mentioned my challenge. At the time of this post, Joel’s people have yet to contact my people to negotiate an amicable solution to my beratement of his shoddy work. I suppose it’s possible that they’ve tried to [...]

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