An unexpected by-product of last week’s Caption Contest: The discovery of how many people have never seen a Star Wars film. People.  Seriously. If you read John Locke’s Social Contract, you know that as a member of society, you have certain expectations.  Obligations.  You stop at red lights.  You don’t steal.  You defend other people’s […]

I can’t remember how or when I first came across Cassie Behle’s blog, but I remember almost immediately thinking, “Hey, how do you make cool looking pie charts like that?”  Also that it was very clever and funny.  Oh, and also that she’s in Nebraska, my knowledge of which maxes out at “Name of Springsteen […]

Just a quick note on a personal side: Today is my mom’s birthday, so I thought I’d say a quick happy birthday to one of my very first subscribers. I few interesting facts about my mother: 1. She has taken tap-dancing lessons. 2. She once booked a trip to England on a whim. 3. She’s […]

“…There shall be no use of illegal drugs on the premises by the lessee, or associates of the lessee, subject to immediate nullification of the rental contract…” – clause in standard rental agreements * Scenario 1: Landlord: And in here you’ll see the main room.  Fireplace works, we just ask that you get the chimney […]

I will never try to make you understand how I feel through interpretive dance. I will never utter the phrase, “this has too much cheese on it.” If we’re in traffic together, and the 2-lane is ending, and the rest of us are merging every other car, like civilized adults, and you gun it to […]

Sometimes, when people are feeling grim, or have just uncovered some historical horror like The Brazen Bull, they’ll make a comment like “There is no horror we can think up that we haven’t inflicted on one another.”  And then you look at each other and nod, cynically. The other thing to remember though, is that […]

You may want to stay up for several nights in a row in order to properly field test this: it’s time to vote for the best movie to watch when you have insomnia!  Bear in mind, you’re not necessarily looking for the movie on the list you’d most like to watch, or your personal favorite […]

In case you haven’t become acquainted with the latest meme to hit the world – the autotuned remix of a news interview with a woman named Sweet Brown after a fire hit her apartment building – let me just advise you of two things: 1. Once you hear it, it will be in your head, […]