I may be the only person in Southern California who gives a fuck, but YAY! Hockey’s back! And while Sidney Crosby’s getting all the attention, this Ovechkin guy the Caps got their hands on doesn’t look to shabby, either. And on an only marginally related note: Fuck the Yankees. Man, if the Angels could pull ...

On days like this, when a lot of calling around leaves me with nothing but a pile of fax transmission records and no prospect of employment, I wonder why I stay in this business. Then, I read a story like this, and I remember: Everyone in this business is insane. And that can be really, ...

Apparently, you start out by being just a little bit crazy (emphasis mine): Warren was the catalyst for the pair’s work. In 1979, while a pathologist at the Royal Perth Hospital in western Australia, he noticed small, curved bacteria in biopsies of the lower part of the stomachs of about half of the patients he ...

I see a shitload of bad movies and not many good ones, so I do like to tell people about the good ones. I saw Serenity tonight and highly enjoyed it. And if you wonder if you’ll enjoy it if you never saw Firefly (the series upon which it’s based), the answer is yes, since ...

Fuck you, Santa Ana.

I’ve had my cat for about a year now. When I got him, he weighed about twelve pounds. Now he weighs over fifteen. To put that in perspective, imagine gaining 20% of your body weight. Now put down the phone number for Weight Watchers, and return to the post. He was a bit skinny when ...

I’ve been inside for the better part of eight days. I’ve left my building twice in that span. Once to go to dinner with friends, and once to go to that interview. And now, I’m starting to crack. It didn’t bother me that I wasn’t going out when I was sick, because I was really ...

I went in for a job interview at a TV show this morning. This may or may not have been a wise idea, given how sick I’ve been and that I’m still only about 60% of normal. However, my internal debate about the wisdom of that move was halted at about 3pm when I recieved ...

I finally cracked and went to the doctor today, since my illness was not making any progress despite my sleeping about 16 hours a day and drinking of tons of fluids. The doctor told me I have a viral sinus infection. There’s good news and bad news with this. The good news is that a) ...

When the person who helps you file your claim with the unemployment office ends the call with, “Now you go take care of that cold, and feel better.”