No Longer the World's Slowest Blog

My birthday is on Groundhog Day, a fact that has always amused me. It's one of the littlest secular holidays we note. Even before th...

Y'know, I've hardly seen a movie all year that I've loved unreservedly. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind comes close, and...

I've been asked, in my capacity as Dead People Server curator, to go on and talk about Johnny Carson's death and dead pools. I w...

I love taking those online quizzes - here's a fun one Eva Whitley referenced in her blog today. If you want to take it, go to: http:...

I've just seen Bananas (1971), written by Woody Allen and Mickey Rose, directed by and starring Woody Allen. The plot is basically irr...

During a time of economic weirdnesses, tsunamis, war and strange elections, you'd think people would have more to worry about than the s...

I can't say I was shocked, I'd been warned so I sort of saw it coming. I got laid off on Wednesday. I have a job (I think) until...

I've been trying to think of a way to observe this year's inauspicious inauguration. While political protest is certainly a good ...

As someone who got basic reproductive biology as a child from reading Dr. Spock's Guide to Baby and Child Care in the '60s (which w...

After leaving Smofcon in DC today, we drove to Silver Spring to take my brother Jeff out to lunch. While eating lunch, I asked if he'd ...

I have a bunch of started-not-finished projects at my Web site. Notably, I've been taking lots of digital photos over the last two year...

Between lots of travel and the election, I didn't really go to the movies very much this fall. I think the last movie I saw in a theate...

Here's how I answered the Democratic post-election survey 1. How did you participate in this election? I worked hard for John Ker...

There was a lot of doom and gloom yesterday on many of the blogs I read regularly. While I am more pessimistic about the short-term future ...

I had a bad (and temporary) case of irrational exuberance yesterday afternoon. Nothing like having the rest of the vote come in to really t...

I won't be blogging for a bit, as I'm going to a party. Earlier today, I posted about possible problems in Allegheny County. The...

I don't like to use the "l" word (landslide) but man oh man... What prompts this is watching the voting in Western Pennsyl...

As I've already voted, I want to write a bit about what was working right this morning. My earlier post was a reaction to County Execut...

NBC has reported that people in Allegheny County have reported more problems voter registration problems than almost anyplace else in the co...

I am a huge fan of Viggo's, and a moderate fan of Michael's. I thought about seeing Michael when he was on tour in Pittsburgh a few...