LARGETONY Blog

You always see it in books and movies. Some young mother somewhere gives birth not realizing that the blessed event will ultimately lead to some conflict, battle, or war. Think “Harry Potter.” Think “Star Wars,” Think New Testament. But “Harry Potter” and “Star Wars” have endings…or at least will eventually. But for more the two [...]

So, yesterday afternoon I had to go to one of my least favorite places in the world: Wal-Mart. Why do I go, if I don’t like it? Well, unfortunately they are cheaper than many places and they are one-stop. I hate shopping of any kind, so anything that keeps me from going to several stores [...]

I want a seven-figure income. Yeah, dont we all. But I don’t want a paycheck that big for the money. I wan’t a paycheck that big for the job security. Have you noticed that the people who are least likely to struggle without a steady paycheck are also the ones least likely to lose their [...]

I decided a few days ago that I would not write anything about the Katrina disaster in New Orleans because a lot of people were posting about it on their blogs and I really had nothing new to add, and they were all saying it better than I would have anyway. Also, I didn’t want [...]

It is often said that the internet, with its e-mail, chat rooms, and online shopping, is destroying personal interaction among humans. People are disconnecting from actual contact by contacting each other through cyber connections. There is proabably some truth to this. But what I have found that’s interesting (and a little unsettling) is that as [...]

I bought oranges at the store the other day. I haven’t had any in a while. I love oranges. I love the sweet juicyness of the citrus. But I don’t eat oranges as much as I probably should. When I sat down to have one, I remembered why: They are such hard work.
First, peeling the [...]

There’s a certain type of gay man that I really hate. It’s that really mean type of gay man who lives to make fun of everyone and everything that doesn’t fall into his narrow world of what is good, right, or acceptable. It’s just like those groups of teenage girls who terrorize the unblossomed and [...]