('Essays From the Crypt' is an anthology of articles which, for one reason or another, never made it to print. Saved from the grave, they live once again!) Essays From the Crypt: The Idiot’s Guide to Cooking Dinner for a Date Congratulations! Somehow, you’ve pulled a not-so-lucky lady and invited her round for dinner. But time’s got away from you. You’ve only got half an hour until she arrives, and you’ve got as much experience with cooking as Joseph Fritzl has with responsib

Reasons Why You Shouldn't Date Co-Workers There she is, the Mistress of Human Resources, the Madame of the Corner Desk. She’s so office-hot. She’s probably the third best-looking girl on the whole floor. The way she stands by the coffee machine is as sultry as her slumped posture when she’s working late. It’s enough to drive a man to do something stupid, like ask her out. No? You don’t think that’s a bad idea? Well go ahead, try it. But first, let me tell you a few things tha

('Essays From the Crypt' is an anthology of articles which, for one reason or another, never made it to print. Saved from the grave, they live once again!) Essays From the Crypt: How to Bullshit Wine-Tasting Wine-tasting is the purest form of bullshitting. The sort of people that take wine-tasting seriously are the same sort of people that fart under the covers, so none of it escapes and they can smell it in its purest form. ‘Ah yes,’ they say, ‘a ripe decant from three night