Seattle Umbrella Conspiracy

My field is experiencing some rather severe setbacks of late and this resulted in the RIF of our mail room clerk. His duties were redistribu...

So, guess whose trunk is still leaking? It's me! Back to the drawing board- by which I mean crawling about in my trunk with a Mag-Lite ...

Guess how I spent my morning. If you guessed crawling in and out of my car's trunk with a MagLite and screw driver, you are really good....

I've had the novel The Moonstone on my nightstand for months. Haven't read it. I even moved it onto my "current reads" ca...

I have been so mad about this whole defense of Polanski situation that I couldn't blog about it. And I'm still too mad. But I will...

I found it at Freddy's!

This morning while I was having my teeth cleaned I overheard a dental hygienist talking to a boy about 11 in the room across the way. Dental...

Hilariously sultry Neil Gaiman talks about vampires at Entertainment Weekly . Says Neil, "Come lie down on this velvet settee. Nothing ...

1. The return of the North Korean prisoners. I've been wondering if having Bill Clinton retrieve the prisoners was the right thing to do...

So, the new C.A.R.S. program. I've been thinking about stimulating the Japanese economy by purchasing a vehicle that, you know, works an...

Sorry (again) about the blog abandonment. I'm really in awe of the folks who can really focus on writing almost everyday. I swear I am ...

Tom Hanks AND a puppy. The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Tom Hanks Care Package www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Epis...

I should preface this story with a note: I love throwing things away. LOVE it. I find it incredibly satisfying. Yesterday I was rummaging ...

My finds of the day: 1. Kind of interesting article about Guillermo del Toro on Wired . Includes a chart with numbers of pictures of unico...

Which I am. HD footage of the surface of the moon from Japan's KAGUYA Explorer. This one is at about 7 miles up: This one is at 13 mile...

Starwars + Magnum, PI = Happy Quiana For comparitive purposes, the side by side view of the actual Magnum, PI opening and Han Solo, PI:

Fantastic 5-part article on Slate about animal testing and a dog at the center of the fight against animal cruelty. Interesting political ...

This video changed my life. (If life=mood this afternoon.)

How Canada Tire unwittingly discovered how to manipulate consumers based on their purchase via NYT .