Casey has announced that he’s putting his blog out of business some undetermined time in the near future, bringing the level of hipster snark in my links to a critically low level. It’s too bad, because Casey’s a very entertaining writer, but I think he’s succumbed to something that can happen to any blogger: He ...

When you were watching the sad circus surrounding Terri Schaivo’s last days, did you occasionally wonder who these people were that were protesting outside the hospice? I did. Now I come to find out I was in the same small dorm as one of them in college, as pointed out in an email from fellow ...

I am, in fact alive, and back in LA. I almost died of shock when I came home and saw my cheap-o local gas station had spiked from 2.39 to 2.69 a gallon for regular while I was gone. Details of the Chicago trip (and super-cute pictures of Elisa’s baby) to come hopefully tonight, possibly ...

I saw this story, and I went to the full-sized picture. I decided both the picture and its caption need to be preserved for posterity: Emperor penguins look up at a giant imposter at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo, Japan. Zoo director Teruyuki Komiya dressed up for a stint in the penguin enclosure for the annual April ...

As D.C. tries to sell the naming rights to RFK for the Nationals’ seasons prior to the change to a new park, several ideas have been submitted. This is far and away the best one.

I’m leaving beautiful, sunny southern California this afternooon and heading to beautiful, sunny, Chicago until Sunday. So of course right after I arrive this afternoon, there are going to be enormous thunderstorms that will drop the high temperature back into the forties. Sheeeit. I’ve gotta go find my long johns…and yes, I am officially now ...

Nate, Will, and I were walking along the Venice boardwalk after a burger and a beer, when we saw a man holding up the most unusual sign begging for money I have ever seen: “HELP! FAMILY KILLED BY NINJAS. NEED MONEY FOR KUNG FU LESSONS. THANK YOU.” Nate gave him a dollar. I would have ...

I realize Mark will mock me relentlessly for starting a sentence in this manner, but… As a Jew, this is one of the downright weirdest stories I’ve ever read. As I read it, I was sort of relieved to see that neither the reporter nor really anyone he interviewed had any idea where the hell ...

We’re finally on our long-awaited hiatus at work, and you know what that means: Slackage! It also means a chance for me to catch up on TiVo’d episodes of the show that I haven’t watched, usually beacuse I was out on a run while we were shooting. I came across one episode that I thought ...

How does my cat innately know when I’m lying down and thinking that maybe I ought to get up and use the bathroom? Because every time I have that thought, he comes and sits on me in a manner that puts as much pressure on my bladder as he can possibly exert. Bad kitty.