I really need to stop watching the news in the morning when I’m trying to wake up. I’ve seen two things this morning, one that really pissed me off and one that would piss me off if it weren’t so damn silly. The latter was Governator Schwarzenegger promoting a bond issue by folding a giant ...

Lord knows I’m bad at shopping for people, so I thought I’d help out my fellow gift-impaired shoppers and post some weird and wacky gift ideas for all, courtesy of the LA Times. My personal favorite: “Extraterrestrial Still Life: If space aliens knew anything about art, they’d stop making crop circles and start creating “environmental ...

I’m back. Please note that this is a bit long, but there’s some stuff that’s quite funny despite the necessary elaborate setups, since I don’t talk much about my family here. I’ve sort of parceled it out into sections for easier reading. — Thanksgiving was bearable, thanks in most part to Mark coming down and ...