No Longer the World's Slowest Blog

Christina recently called for another in an erratic series of Girly Blogger Lunches. I noted that the day she planned it for was Mardi Gras....

I've been doing some research on James Madison over the last year or so. Why? Well, other than an interest in history, I'm writing...

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IMDB linked to this quiz today. Even though the quiz did two things I disliked (uses that archaic term "sci fi" and throws a pop-...

I never know when I'm going to be in it out out of it. It's maddeningly random. Except for a few short scenes and some word-changes...

Well, I'm not a big gung-ho sports person, but it was fun to see the Steelers win the Superbowl today. Glad to see both Hines Ward and ...

Well, it's kind of an interesting Oscar year. While last year was generally a weak movie year, there were some fine movies out. The big...

Benefit for the Production of a Documentary Film on William Tenn Malacandra Productions presents An evening to benefit production of the doc...

I'd really like to see Brokeback Mountain , a movie that has yet to reach Pittsburgh for some reason or another. Interestingly, it'...

OK, so this is something of a mix of things! This has been an interesting week. I started a new job with a very small company on Monday. I...

I enjoy doing mini-surveys/quizzes, though I like to try to trace them back to see where they started. I still haven't found the actual...

Saturday Morning Edition's Scott Simon read a wonderful piece on this morning's show called "A Modern Day Mary and Joseph....

Dear Senator Specter: I am horrified by the way our civil liberties are being trampled by the Republican party in general and by our adminis...

If you've tried to access anything at dpsinfo.com, you might have seen a temp page from Network Solutions. If you've been expecting...

We had high hopes of being able to see Wicked when it came to Pittsburgh this winter. We knew tickets would go on sale on Monday, December...

Our cat recently turned 12 and seemed in pretty good shape. About two weeks ago, we noticed she was having trouble getting up the stairs. ...

On a rainy October night, Howard Dean showed up at a very well-attended fundraiser. Since I've been unemployed for most of this year, I...

As it typically goes, I fall in and out of fiction writer's block with great regularity. This year, I've written more fiction than ...

I've been pretty busy lately, as my lack of posting here can probably indicate. I started a full-time two-month contract job, helping to...

Dear Sir, The notion of nominating an individual without any experience as a judge to our highest court is completely appalling. However, ...