No Longer the World's Slowest Blog

To my surprise, I managed to stay awake until the Oscars were over. I wrote up a bunch of comments on this year's Oscars , last year...

I was laid off, and immediately started making plans for how I would spend my unemployment. First off is, of course, getting a new job. Th...

Couldn't help but notice these two headlines on CNN this morning: Dad kills 2 kids, slits own throat Seven-month old sexually assaulted ...

When I asked Jim what he wanted to do for his 50th birthday this winter, he said "Go to Dublin." We did the math and figured we c...

I've been a pretty regular Saturday Night Live Fan (except for a few years in the early '80s and again in the mid '90s) for many...

In taking a break from sending out resumes today, I found a reference to the "What Book Are You?" quiz. Here are my results: Y...

To drive to Punxsutawney from Pittsburgh on any day, you have to leave here about two hours before you need to get there. It's really n...

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...