Note:  Brian Oliu is the Commissioner of the University of Alabama English Department Football League, located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Here, Oliu revisits an e-mail sent to the Eng[...]

Andrew grasps the metal handle of a nondescript door.  Its horizontal wood paneling muffles the sound of club music and when it opens just an inch we undergo a sensory bombardment.[...]

The houseboat is 46 feet long and has everything we need, from the eight-foot cubic refrigerator/freezer to the outdoor gas grill to the microwave. It sleeps twelve and there are o[...]

Confession: I am late with this column because I’ve been participating in too many fantasy football drafts. Another confession: I love baths. Hell, I waste a lot of time doing thin[...]

While I sat and listened to a radio show dissecting Mel Gibson’s racist rant, I fell victim to the machinations of my imagination – wondering if Gibson would allow his children to [...]

Just three images provided me with untold amounts of fuel for my dreams.  A fireplace complete with slate mantle, two windows looking onto lush trees, and a kitchen devoid of the c[...]

1. Don’t wear flip-flops or walk barefoot into public bathrooms. You see that big stain on the floor below the urinal? That’s piss. 2.  Anyone who says they’re vegan is full of shi[...]

“The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living.” –Karl Marx I’m watching a man die.  I’m watching his wife die as well. They ar[...]

I have been riding Mr. Shirley’s coattails for a while now, and I feel as though you don’t really know me.  So let’s get to know Rosicky.  I like speaking in the third person.  I b[...]

mickshaffer I write 4 @paulthenshirley’s website, but spend most my time on Twitter. I make fun of it, but obviously think it’s really cool. #FAIL The previous paragraph is a summa[...]