Category Archives: parody

Stevieslaw: My Voices of PA Nov. Article

Don’t Ask: Career Recommendations for the Next Millennium My friend Joel Levine wanted to be a doctor, Arnie Slansky a lawyer and Crazy Eddie an Indian Chief. I wanted to be a mailman—still do. Down the block we had our … Continue reading

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Reworking “My Cousin Vinny.**”

Stevieslaw: Reworking “My Cousin Vinnie.**” At Stevieslaw, we are shopping an idea for a “Cousin Vinny” remake—be sure to tell your many Hollywood director/producer friends. In our rewrite, a Joe Pesci look alike and a Ralph Macchio look alike have … Continue reading

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Cousin Myron Pipes In

Myron Pipes In Myron, my fire-eating red-headed cousin, does not often find his name and the word compromise in the same sentence. He is particularly hard on the filthy rich, waiters and idiots. It is not all that unusual for … Continue reading

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Wall Street Wheat

Wall Street Wheat When I was a graduate student, way back before the beginning of recorded time, board games were still the rage. A group of us would meet at someone’s place, late at night, and play Monopoly or the … Continue reading

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Wall Street and the Vets

Smokey Diamond, our intrepid reporter, and I love when our local newspaper, The Centre Daily Times, asks and answers its own question in the same issue. Today, they ran the article by Adam Geller of AP headlined: Protest’s Mission Remains … Continue reading

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October Voices Article

This was chopped up in the print copy of Voices. Just Shoot Me: Your Aged Relative and the Extended Hospital Stay. My mom is much improved. Thanks for asking. I am ashamed to say though that she’s fallen into that … Continue reading

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Fashionable Facts

As we all secretly believe, fact is like fashion. The fashion model, Heidi Klum, who hosts the runaway hit show Project Runway says it best, “In fashion, one day you’re in, the next day you’re out.” That’s why our intrepid … Continue reading

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Campaignthemes1

Okay, come clean. Give it up. We, at Stevieslaw, are starting to really like Barack Obama again—we suspect you are too. Sure, he is not FDR or HST or even JFK, but he’s hardworking, sane and has had to deal … Continue reading

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Stevieslaw: Evaluating the Value of Values

Even here at Stevieslaw, a liberal sinkhole if ever there was one, we recognize the existence of things of intrinsic good—or values, if you will—the touch and voice of a loved one, the delightful babble of a baby playing with … Continue reading

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Cousin Myron and Class Warfare

I was in court this morning as a character witness for Myron, my hotheaded, redheaded, wealthy and brilliant cousin. I sat in the back of the court and read our local newspaper, The Centre Daily Times, while waiting for Myron’s … Continue reading

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