Often in my writing for SuicideGirls I’ve talked about girls, but I haven’t talked a lot about suicide. Last week a friend of mine attempted it, unsuccessfully,...

It’s 12:30 AM Friday morning July 18 and I find myself in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Gelsenkirchen.

Home of… um, home of nothing that I know of and...

Remember 1993? Boy, I sure do. I was obsessed with White Zombie, Warhammer 40,000, and pretty much every girl's tits at school. And, yes, I am including...

Texas has always prided itself on being BIG. Big state, big steaks, big trucks, big hats... and now, while the rest of the world is still looking for J.C.'s...

Living in these trying economic times, sometimes one who's strapped for cash has to resort to more...unorthodox...

A few months back, the polygamy-loving Texas sect of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made the news for all the wrong reasons...

I should like to start with a slight apology. I am unable to link directly to the story I am discussing, as The New Yorker...

George Carlin, the legendary comedian who was once arrested for obscenity for his "Seven Words You Can't Say on Television" skit (the case went all the...

So I’m sitting cross-legged in the meditation hall at the San Francisco Zen Center a couple days ago. Incense wafts through the air, bells are rung, ancient...

In the whirlwind of global communication and instant, constant access to current events, it often seems that the only way to cope is apathy. We are...

Sometime during the last few years or so the world got downright terrifying. Wars, plagues, fires, floods, hurricanes... Though I'm not sure whether this...

Does everything need to be a Broadway musical? Oh, it does? Cool.

So, I don't know much about musicals, screen or stage. I'll say that right off the...

What follows below is a first-hand account of life as part of the Israeli Defense Force. I don’t want to spend too much time introducing this piece...

There aren’t many things that can get me to drive south of LA down to Orange County, California. Those of us snobs that live in the city call it driving...

A security guard at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh has been charged...

I know I am not alone as I get a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach every time I see the price of gas. I start to question if a trip out of town...

Here's a little piece of advice, mostly for the ladies, but boys – take it as you will.

When filing for divorce, and you aren't yourself a lawyer, trained...

Once upon a time, in a magical place called "the '80s", I was a young lad and my old man sat me down and told me the three secrets of life. He said, "Don't...

Here’s an e-mail I got recently:


Hi Brad,

Some pieces of yours I've been reading lately make it seem like you advocate porn. In your book...

Monday, 19th May, 2008 is World Hepatitis Day. This year’s campaign slogan is ‘Am I Number 12?’ which highlights that approximately 1 in 12 people have...

Historically, police have had a tough time getting people to cooperate in helping to locate wanted criminals or providing information related to crimes...

You know how sometimes, when someone is discussing their long-term relationship or the fact that they've lived to a ripe old age, they'll say something...

I’ve been home in LA for two weeks in the last two and a half months. My Tivo is obese with "Lost", "Battlestar Galactica", "Top Chef", "The Office", "30...

War protests (or protests of any kind) are a tricky thing. The majority of the time they seems like a waste to me. Accomplishing little but delaying people...

While many sons and daughters will be spending May 11th showering their maternal figures with flowers, cards, handmade...

Back when I was young and foolish, my friends and I found various inventive ways to smoke weed: carrots, apples, tin foil, an empty beer can - all fairly...

Imagine sailing across the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean. You are hundreds of miles from the rest of humanity, cruising the North Pacific Gyre, the...

If you can count, and have mastered the Gregorian calendar, then you know that today is Cinco de Mayo. This festival of celebration and revelry proudly...

This week in Harsh Light of Day, we take a look at the upcoming film Iron Man, which I have already seen and am going to crudely savage below.

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Unless you've been living under a rock, you're probably familiar with the idiocy and attention-whoring of Fred...

There is something so obvious about the choices we must make when we are in the world of single. We all know when something is "right" or "wrong" for us,...

There is the possibility of a frightening new trend on the horizon for college campuses around the country. I'm not talking about a new hazing ritual,...

This week in Harsh Light of Day, we take a look at one of the last great grindhouse films. No, I'm not...

Internet regulations. Media tycoons. Virgins. Tania Derveaux.
What do these things have in common?

I just spent two weeks in a meditation center up in the mountains. Everywhere you went there were wooden boards that said:

Listen up!
Great is the...

A know-it-all, overly aggresive busybody, fresh out of law school... The worst, right? Think of the situations were someone like this would not only be...

The Colonel and I have had very differing ideas on what fried chicken should be for quite some time now. I think it should be hot, fresh, and tasty. He...

Watching Paris Hilton have unenthusiastic sex on DVD can be had for about $19.95. Marilyn Monroe will set you back a little more.

A New York businessman...

This week in Harsh Light of Day, we're taking a second look at one of the coolest imports to come from Japan since that AZIMO robot thinger in the car commercial.

Celebrities making uninformed asinine comments is nothing new. You could easily compile a book of them. (Most likely, a paperback book with extra large...