It’s Spring! (I know it has been for a while, but we have late seasons here, so it’s just now warming up) Flowers blooming, birds singing, lawns needing to be mowed every fifteen damn minutes.  It’s a magical time of year.  It’s also, of course, the season of love.  Pure, innocent love.  Also, desperate, creepy […]

Okay, we’re back on track!  It’s time to vote for some finalists, and crown a new Featured Blogger! After a whole extra week to bask in the glory of your poetry creations, you voted – quite enthusiastically – for Skipping Stones’ meditation on the gentle art of ending a relationship: This is just to say […]

A little Friday optimism amidst Syrian terror and North Carolinians… Yesterday I came to 4-way intersection.  Somebody at the stop blasted through, barely stopping, clearly with no illusion that it was his “turn.”  Now, I had my normal reaction to this (“YOU ARE THE WORST PERSON ALIVE AND I HOPE YOU CHOKE ON YOUR OWN […]

As you’ve undoubtedly heard, North Carolina has amended their state Constitution to ban gay marriage.  Why not just pass a law, you ask?  Because a law like that would be unconstitutional.  But if you change the Constitution?  You can make any crazy law you want!  Bear in mind, regardless of your opinion on gay marriage: […]

The trick:  Sawing the lady in half.  A woman is placed in a narrow box.  The box is then sliced in half.  The two sections are separated and the woman is still able to move her toes.  The halves are then put back together and the woman emerges unharmed. How it’s done: It’s a little […]

WordPress, it seems, is always looking for ways to improve its sense of community, and finding ways for bloggers to find and connect with each other.  Also, they seem to enjoy having your “follow” lists blink in and out, so that sometimes you’re following a blog, then you aren’t, so you re-follow, then suddenly you’re […]

Adam Yauch, one of the founding members of legendary hip-hop group The Beastie Boys has passed away from cancer at the age of 47.  The Beastie Boys, though saddled with the silly name, is one of the most important bands in hip-hop and rock and roll, and also to me personally, and his passing away […]

Terrifying News item: After a drug raid at UC San Diego, engineering student Daniel Chong was questioned by DEA agents, after which he was locked in a 5-by-10 windowless room.  He was left there for 4 days without food or water after agents “forgot” he was there.  After being accidentally discovered and spending 5 days in […]