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Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime… We may never get the flying cars we were once promised, but flying bicycles appear to be a possibility. Vota por un gato! I’ll bet Eric Dick is wondering how it is that he didn’t … Continue reading →

The difference between “geek” and “nerd”, in a detailed discussion that is both geeky and nerdy. The Longhorn Network really isn’t working out as planned, is it? Putting your favorite MLB team’s draft picks in perspective. You know, accurate sex … Continue reading →

I’m recovering from my daughter’s sleepover birthday party today, so forgive me if I’m a little groggy and/or grumpy. Having said that, better to host a sleepover party for a bunch of 9-year-old girls than to have a pencil in … Continue reading →

Charles Ramsey will have free burgers for life. Well deserved. The dark side of Greek yogurt. If you’ve ever wanted to eat at Krusty Burger, you will soon get your chance. “If Gingrich or Romney in 2005 could be counted … Continue reading →

There are some professions that you can’t list on LinkedIn. There will be twelve new stop-motion animations of the “Peanuts” characters coming soon. “Perhaps I should share the secret of the show’s 1981 Soviet wig technology with the CIA,” says … Continue reading →

Turns out “tiger” parenting isn’t such a good idea. When pirate costumes go wrong. “Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers. Oh, and they should put those damn smartphones down and get … Continue reading →

On Homeland and The Americans. I don’t watch the former, so I can’t comment on it. I will say that I have been struck by a parallel between The Americans and The Sopranos in the sense that as with Tony … Continue reading →

It was Cinco de Mayo, I was down on the bayou… Here’s a video of a cat, dressed as a shark, chasing a duckling while riding on a Roomba. Also features a dog in hammerhead shark costume, because of course … Continue reading →

Better music through data. Metadata, that is. It’s hard to find a scripted drama that hasn’t used rape and/or murder as a plotline at least once. I will note that their list is incomplete – by my reckoning, “Royal Pains” … Continue reading →

An Anthony Weiner mayoral candidacy would be a gift for shameless headline writers, if nothing else. It’s time for MLB to honor all of its pioneers, without whom there couldn’t have been a Jackie Robinson. “People who assumed Siskel & … Continue reading →

The first obstacle for Hillary Clinton to overcome if she wants to run in 2016 is to not have Mark Penn on her campaign payroll in any fashion. The untold story of how Apple built an operating system. Maybe Mark … Continue reading →

Ah, baseball. I’ve missed you. Twenty great Billy Joel songs that haven’t been overplayed. It’s great living in the future, isn’t it? “Many big network breaches begin not with brainy hacker code but with workers who are tricked by so-called … Continue reading →

And out like a lamb… Geez, now even I’m worried about Gmail. Thanks, Ezra. The Nielsen Family ain’t what it used to be. This five-year-old girl discovered a new species of dinosaur, which is now named for her. What have … Continue reading →

I understand there may be a basketball game on TV right about now… First and foremost, what Charlie Pierce says. “Can we challenge ourselves to come up with some new or adjunct language for mean girl? How about angry girl? … Continue reading →

Are we feeling a little green today? RIP, What Not To Wear. I hope by now we all have it figured out. Latinos love movies, and Hollywood has noticed. Need some good female role models from the world of fiction … Continue reading →

What self-inflicted crisis is next on the agenda? I’ve lost track. Ain’t no party like a toddler birthday party, ’cause a toddler birthday party don’t quit till everyone loses their pants and pees on their shoes. A Lego Hogwarts that … Continue reading →

In like a lion… The way we measure how we watch TV is about to reflect how we actually do watch TV these days. The same will be true for how we listen to music, too. Some geeky origami to … Continue reading →

“I asked Jack White if Jack White had met Jack Black. They had. It has been on my mind for a long time. Now I know.” I’m not embarrassed to punctuate with exclamation points where I feel they properly convey … Continue reading →

Dunk or dunk not. There is no try. James Harden is a Zen master. And then God made a more accurate representation of farming in America. No, we don’t have a fertility crisis in the US. Illegally uploaded movies on … Continue reading →

There needs to be a constitutional right to vote. So how do owls twist their heads so far around, anyway? From the Don’t Criticize What You Don’t Understand department. Now this is how you deal with an obnoxious troll. When … Continue reading →

See you in the fall, football. What if Jimmy Olsen were a woman? Doesn’t bother me. Derek Jeter goes to Davos to talk about climate change. Maybe they’ll listen to him. Please don’t photograph the food. Thank you. The march … Continue reading →

Jimmy Carter makes a stand for equality. I hope many of his fellow Baptists follow him. There are a lot of things we don’t know about gun violence. The HP Lovecraft problem. On “healthwashing” Girl Scout cookies. When a (Yankees … Continue reading →

Hail to the Chief, it’s the Chief that we are hailing… Woo hoo! Flying cars! About damn time. Google wind. That’s a noun, not a verb. How to not be a menace during cold and flu season. These eight words … Continue reading →

Be on the lookout for pantsless people today. Triskadekaphobes, unite! You have nothing to lose but your mild anxiety. The Bloggess can be your patron saint. The top ten skywatching events to look for this year. “There are many advantages … Continue reading →

Does joking about writing the wrong year on checks mark one as irredeemably old? “A spider that builds elaborate, fake spiders and hangs them in its web has been discovered in the Peruvian Amazon.” Arachnophobes the world over shudder in … Continue reading →

I don’t know about you, but this was one of those years that I thought would never end. America’s worst bosses. All are responsible for at least one large payout of a discrimination-related lawsuit. The worst columns of 2012. I … Continue reading →

“Just as the calendar you have on your kitchen wall does not cease to exist after December 31, the Mayan calendar does not cease to exist on December 21, 2012. This date is the end of the Mayan long-count period … Continue reading →

Happy birthday, Aunt Judy! More apps = less television. I don’t think this is what all those people with the “Kill Your TV” bumper stickers had in mind, though. Less whining about Christmas is a good idea in general. Ten … Continue reading →

“In the great green-certified room There was a smartphone And a silver spoon And a picture of— A high-contrast, brain-stimulating black-and-white moon” What being a graduate student in math has to do with vacuuming cats. “Immaterial goods turn out to … Continue reading →

Insert standard plaintive cry about where the year has gone here. Help the Waltrip High School Band travel to play at President Obama’s inauguration. Here’s a comprehensive list of people who are paid to pontificate about politics saying dumb things … Continue reading →

“But what I learned from this experience is that if you’re a Christian — left or right, it doesn’t matter — and if your religious convictions lead you into political activism, do not bring Jesus into it unless you’re prepared … Continue reading →

Isn’t it nice to be able to watch live TV again without having to dread the political ads? More early voting, and more voting by mail, would do a lot to make voting easier. The Internet withstood Hurricane Sandy. One … Continue reading →

But here in this graveyard that’s still no-man’s-land The countless white crosses in mute witness stand To man’s blind indifference to his fellow man To a whole generation that was butchered and damned. It’s now a lot harder to use … Continue reading →

It’s almost over, it’s almost over, it’s almost over… Paul Krugman writes the introduction for a new edition of Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation” trilogy. You may commence having your nerdgasm now. This is sort of like Kickstarter in reverse. “Common sense” … Continue reading →