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Free speech? Iowa pediatrician comment against MAGA supporter leads to demands to fire him

Dr. Mayank Sharma Iowa paediatrician response to X comment from MAGA supporter leads to calls for his firing amid questions whether he is fit to retain his position at children’s hospital or simply exercising his free speech?  An Iowa pediatrician’s response to...
Misty Hoke Ashland City nurse

Tennessee nurse steals pains meds from assisted living patients gets high herself

Misty Hoke Ashland City, Tennessee nurse forced to resign after caught stealing assisted live in patient medications and getting high at work. Scheduled for rehabilitation.  A Tennessee nurse has had her license revoked after allegedly stealing her assisted live in...

To Predicate on Etiquette.

Now, we here at Scallywag & Vagabond have a self-proclaimed duty to ‘report’ on matters of etiquette and manners, and other things we deem fit. Still, it seems apropos to take an actual look at what that means, and...

Lindsay Lohan has a fit when presented with her champagne bill.

Does being a hot mess entitle one to free drinks? Dilemmas in Hollywood... Looks like Lilo has gotten herself into trouble again. The latest fiasco (yes, we can never get enough because we're serious 'Lilo-phytes,') occurred when the blonde ditz...

The etiquette of sharing drugs. A ten step plan on how to snort.

Staying high in America. In case you didn’t know, doing drugs is an important aspect of contemporary life in America. This includes all the blunts you smoke, the crystal you blast, and all the valium you kick back. Of course,...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder- Restaurant Edition

How to behave in a restaurant...   While taking in the New York Times this morning, we saw a list of fifty essential rules for all waiters, waitresses, baristas, and other employees of the seventh circle of hell known as food...

My unconventional dalliances with Call Girls.

When a woman makes the decision to sell the pleasures of her body she is crossing a certain line. Or so it would seem. When a man on the other hand takes it upon himself to ‘pay’ for these...

Culture for Camera…

There’s a scene in the seminal movie ‘La Dolce Vita ‘ (directed by Federico Fellini)where the eponymous hero and obvious dilettante Marcello must decide between his love for the jealous girlfriend and the gorgeous star – played by Swedish...

Celebrity Re-defined.

Celebrity - the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed, until now... The recent out pouring of adoration and praise of the late MJ was a true sign that one of our last icons was gone. Yes, it was...

The Unconventional Lifestyle of a Cocaine Dealer. Part 2.

The Unconventional Lifestyle of a Cocaine Dealer. Part 1. For anyone who has ever wondered where all the kids get the energy, the chutzpah to misbehave and the vitriol to cross the line one only ever need to sit in...

The etiquette of being drunk in public

We have all been there. Whether it is a business lunch that goes too long, a brunch that sees more mimosas than needed or the day-after-lingering-drunkenness…there are times when you are in public completely plastered. You know the day must...

The Etiquette of Flying.

This Memorial Day weekend, it was estimated some 2.1 million Americans took to the skies for their holiday travel. Though that number is down, (and who can blame people, this economy does not make traveling easy,) it still means...

The Etiquette of Claiming Poverty and Getting Away With It.

Some of us were made for the strobe of celebrity appearances and platter-served cognac that stings our tongues hips upon first sip. There is a certain appeal to being amidst a ubiquity of immaculate representation, complete with intellectual indifference...

The etiquette of Concert Going…just in case you needed to know.

The Do’s and Don’ts of Concert Etiquette Concerts make for a good evening even if you are not seeing your favorite band, probably because there are few other times when it’s socially acceptable to dance, jump up and down,...

Loitering and Smoking. The past time of dilettantes.

Nonchalance and its sister arrogance are the type of acquired characteristics that can never be feigned. Such qualities of being often take a lifetime to develop and any attempt to affect such dispositions without having being appropriately groomed or...