No Longer the World's Slowest Blog

I've been a huge fan of Michael Chabon since I read The Mysteries of Pittsburgh back in the '80s. He went on to write The Wonder B...

Phil sent me the good news on Monday night, so other than telling some friends, I haven't been able to say anything here until Interacti...

Of all the sad and tragic turns this case has taken, this is about the most appalling of all. Yet another example that it's better to fl...

I didn't just tinker yesterday - I wrote over 1,000 words. I haven't written that much fiction at once in a long time. And I'v...

I've always loved doing research on the Web. Some of the Web sites I've put together, particularly Dead People Server, demonstrate ...

Our county administrator, Dan Onorato, says that while initial assessments are available, they probably aren't the "real" asse...

I've been a huge fan of Google for years, but given some their current projects, I've got to wonder if going public has been bad for...

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...