Michael McGrath

  • Unreliable Menus: The McGrath Family Super Bowl XLVIII Potluck

    Muriel’s 17-Layer Dip: Beans, clams, bacon, aioli, Cajun croutons, pulled dork, dandruff, gravy, goat cheese, shredded Afternoon Yak transcripts, KY Jam, crushed Abilify, Jenga splinters, gauze, Goldfish crackers, Yemen salmon.

  • The Romantic's Guide to Holiday Gift Giving: What to Give Your Favorite Adult Actress

    Even the most ardent of porn fans need some guidance in the gift-giving department. Luckily, many adult actresses maintain Amazon Wish Lists year round, providing their fans and admirers an opportunity to give them everything from lingerie to...

  • Historical Party Fouls

    I’d just puked into a giant potted plant in the lobby of the Plaza Hotel, outside Truman’s Black and White. I was looking for a place to stash my now-soiled pocket square and thinking distantly about a palate-cleansing Bellini when some guy I didn’t...

  • The Legend of Baiowolf

    A beat cop jumped out of a hedge holding a sneaker. “We got something!” “Looks like a Skechers Shape-Up,” said Sgt. Wender. Blood dripped from its bloated heel. “Whatever this thing is,” said Lt. Finazzo, “it’s getting stronger. And we’ve only got a...

  • A Letter to My Future Biographer

    If you are reading this then you already know: My legacy as a once-in-a-generation literary genius has stood the test of time. My unexpected and politically significant death merely burnished my reputation as an eerily prescient novelist, beloved...