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Obsessing about “Mark Trail” is a game the whole family can play. Adultery is the bigger sin even when there are plenty of other big sins to choose from. Why “follow the money” is so often good advice. “What the … Continue reading →

“The Shikse’s Guide to Jewish Men”, published in 1978. Exactly as awesome as it sounds. “Now I’ll bet you didn’t wake up wondering today how turtles go pee. But that’s what I want to talk about.” If there wasn’t some … Continue reading →

You’re doing it wrong. I need to remember that tip about boiling eggs. How “The Big Bang Theory” is helping NASA with its public image. What’s the expiration date on a spoiler? Two words: Dilithium crystals. Oh, yeah. I have … Continue reading →

Only 24 more shopping days till Halloween. “So, honey, it’s just impossible for me to say how old The Pip will be when you’re forty-one. I’m not sure it’s even a well-defined question in a relativistic universe.” Baseball brings us … Continue reading →

Is San Francisco too high tech for its own good? Warp speed, Mr. Sulu. A positive solution for plagiarism. I had no idea Sparky Lyle was the (unwitting) pioneer of entrance music for relief pitchers. A candy bar that stays … Continue reading →

Let judges perform weddings. Who cares if they’re active or not? Making it easier to fire teachers has no effect on student performance. I want to ride my tricycle, I want to ride my trike. What Faith The Vampire Slayer’s … Continue reading →

National Talk Like A Pirate Day is this Wednesday. Better make sure your eyepatch and wooden leg are ready to go for the occasion. The world’s oldest message in a bottle has been delivered. Rainbows are more complicated than you … Continue reading →

I’ve had 100% growth in linkdump posts in the month of September. I don’t know what the final frontiers of deep frying are, but I don’t think we’ve reached them yet. Ugandan Little Leaguers visit Yankee Stadium. My kids like … Continue reading →

First three-day weekend of the school year. Don’t get too used to it. Brush your teeth. Your mother knew what she was talking about. Being not so tall does have its advantages sometimes. Gold standard advocacy is an example of … Continue reading →

School starts tomorrow. I swear, the older I get, the shorter summer seems to be. It’s a lot easier to find a bus stop these days. That sounds you hear is Tiffany demanding to know how she can be chosen … Continue reading →

Last week of freedom, kids. Election fraud is a lot more prosaic than its most vocal partisans would have you think. I hope to remain clear-headed enough to never be tempted to climb Mount Everest. People have been pounding caffeine … Continue reading →

Photobombed by an ostrich. If that’s not a meme, it should be. I don’t care what anyone says, I’m going to listen to music when I want to. You can’t increase your metabolism by exercising. Haven’t we all seen this … Continue reading →

Happy Contraceptive Mandate Week! Here’s something you can do to make it a little more awesome. Also, too, this and this. You want to watch brown bears fishing for salmon, don’t you? Of course you do. Two words: Exploding termites. … Continue reading →

Homo sapiens were once close to extinction. If that ever happens again, it’ll be for very different reasons. Who knew “Three’s Company” had lawyers? The cows would want you to support marriage equality, Chick-Fil-A. Your statement about treating every person … Continue reading →

I don’t know about you, but I’m still full from National Junk Food Day yesterday. When you absolutely, positively need a quote from an industry shill to make your story sound more genuine. “I think all the people in the … Continue reading →

Everything’s bigger in Texas, including our dogs. The best use for a Wal-Mart I’ve ever heard of. Not having a car is a good way to avoid traffic. The most amazing story about bowling you’ll read today. Judge Richard Posner … Continue reading →

Wednesdays are the worst days for holidays, aren’t they? Are none of these people familiar with the expression “To Serve Man”? Even Michelle Duggar would shudder at this. Three words: Spray-on batteries. We live in amazing times. Recycle more, collect … Continue reading →

O Canada, our home and native land… You know, it’s a very short step from buying an island to hiring henchmen and building a doomsday device. I’m just saying. The Cookie Monster debate gets settled once and for all. Why … Continue reading →

The days are getting shorter already. Those who can, do. Those who aren’t asked to do, complain about it. I don’t care how Americans feel about broccoli. I still hate it. Learning about cocaine usage from what gets flushed down … Continue reading →

Happy birthday, Eileen! HBO doesn’t want to take your money unless you also give some of it to a cable or satellite company. Here’s a LEGO Star Wars MC Escher diorama. Do I really need to say more than that? … Continue reading →

Thanks, textbooks! Getting a Hugh Hefner First Amendment Award would have been way cooler than an invitation to join most of those college honor societies would have been. America 4 America. Microsoft will make Do Not Track the default in … Continue reading →

I want to be a designer of dinosaur sculptures when I grow up. Would you eat the Dark Vador burger if you were in a McDonald’s in France? Meet the young entrepreneur who squatted at AOL for three months while … Continue reading →

Summertime, and the living is easy… Why newspapers insist on printing what liars say is a mystery to me. This is the best argument I’ve seen against restaurants automatically adding a tip to the check. You can find life just … Continue reading →

The browser wars are back. Kids today aren’t interested in the culture wars. I’m there already, kids. What’s the point of choosing a secure password if you’re going to be forced to reveal it to someone? Facebook is killing text … Continue reading →

T-minus one day till the start of early voting… Some Mother’s Day cards from superhero comics. “Dear child, you are beautiful just the way you are. Not because you look or act a certain way, but because you bear the … Continue reading →

Only 25 more shopping days until hurricane season begins. I overshare, you overshare, we overshare. I can buy Pudge Rodriguez as one of the five best catchers in baseball history. But surely we know better than to use batting average … Continue reading →

No, you’re not imagining it. That Sunday talk show you watched this morning always has more Republicans on it. The “choices” women make around childrearing and career are often not really choices at all. Why did the Pioneer spacecraft slow … Continue reading →

There’s an alternate universe in which we now already know who most of our parties’ nominees are. Polarization is the norm in American politics, not the exception. Beware the gay icebergs and their radical gay iceberg agendas. Texts from my … Continue reading →

Mitt Romney has an elevator for his tax returns. Don’t worry, but don’t be too happy, either. I Was A Teenage Exorcist, coming up next on Fox. Some Angry Birds physics for you. More dinosaurs may have had feathers than … Continue reading →

Won’t someone please think of the Trekkies? Instead of increasing security for standardized tests we could de-emphasize them and thus not need all that security. News stories about people caught smuggling things in their pants are always noteworthy. Draping is … Continue reading →

F-f-f-foolin’… So did you buy Etch-A-Sketch stock last week? But how can you prove that someone loves formal logic or not? Be careful who you brag to about avoiding jury duty. I for one welcome our robotic jellyfish overlords. Rape … Continue reading →

I’d invest in the un-wiki if someone would be so kind as to invent it. What could go wrong with cloning a woolly mammoth? They’re not carnivores! Nothing like this happened to me while I was coaching Little League. I … Continue reading →

Happy day before Saint Joseph’s Day! All hail the 2016 GOP frontrunner. The first rule of committing crimes is to always check for cops before committing them. I’m pretty sure Jesus would not have done this. We’re about to get … Continue reading →

It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad month. Sinead O’Connor was way ahead of her time, wasn’t she? “[O]ur medical system is an octopus riding a donkey riding a skateboard into a sadness quarry.” “Real prophets are always also pastors. And … Continue reading →