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Get your brackets ready, it’s almost Madness time. I join in the call for the FDA to overturn the lifetime ban on donating blood by gay men. I agree, what the world needs now is more Godzilla haikus. For example: … Continue reading →

Five more weeks till the primary runoffs. Aren’t you excited? What do the Brits have against WiFi hot spots? From the “It’s different for Republicans” files, Part One and Part Two. The end of the Tea Party is coming. Don’t … Continue reading →

Two more days and we’ll know who most of our nominees for November will be. What is it with the conservative obsession with brie, anyway? You know what this means: More blimps! Credit where it’s due. Liz Cheney is, among … Continue reading →

Geaux Saints! On the subject of E-book pricing. I’m still a paper book guy for now. But that doesn’t stop me from being amused by the massive Amazon fail, or from noting that competition made e-book prices go up. And … Continue reading →

If I cared about the Pro Bowl, I’d probably think that it was wrong for it to happen before the Super Bowl. Who’s screwing whom? I can’t say my Facebook experience has been the same as this, but I certainly … Continue reading →

Whoops, got to this a little late this weekend… Apparently, texting while walking isn’t such a hot idea, either. On the plus side, though, we’re not any harder of hearing than we feared we’d be. Mark Evanier on the whole … Continue reading →

Bicycling in San Antonio. The Bloggess is in your government, Twittering away. It’s never the offseason for talking about paying college athletes. When statheads talk about musicals, it’s a beautifully geeky thing. I’m curious why we don’t hear more about … Continue reading →

Are you still writing “2009” on your checks? The story of Esperanto. No, I’ve never heard anyone actually speak it, either. It’s a Y2KXVI bug. Or something like that. RIP, Curtis Allina. If you’ve ever collected a PEZ dispenser, you … Continue reading →

So far, the new year doesn’t look any different than the old one… Twitter-shaming drunk drivers. Alleged drunk drivers, anyway. I kind of have a problem with that. The real skinny on climate change. Ivana Trump versus the TSA. Nobody … Continue reading →

Merry day after Boxing Day! Who owns the interview? Both of you, I guess. You may now call him Sir Patrick. The best and worst Christmas specials of all time. Phone hacking. The least essential albums of 2009. For once, … Continue reading →

Nothing like a few days off around the holidays. The Ten Least Successful Holiday Specials Of All Time. Not sure you’re all that fond of the 21st century? Here are some possible reasons why. Is hand crafted content doomed? Spekaing … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday, Kristin! The AV Club’s Top 50 movies of the decade. I’ve seen two of them, about what I’d have expected given how seldom I watch movies these days. Talk about having a gambling problem. The rise and fall … Continue reading →

No planet status for Pluto, no justice. Yeah, I can’t believe there hasn’t been one of these before now, either. Coolio’s kitchen. I got nothin’. James Garfield is in his rightful place, and all is well with the universe. The … Continue reading →

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas sales… The real trick is to not be an idiot about things you don’t understand. How To Teach Physics To Your Dog is now available. Why don’t I ever go to estate … Continue reading →

Have you started defrosting your turkey yet? Avoid black luggage. My grandmother used to travel with a piece of puke-green Samsonite that had the letter K (for Kuffner) plastered on it in lime-green masking tape. No one would ever claim … Continue reading →

Maybe “citizen journalism” isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. I expect to be a Title IX dad, too. Probably starting next year. Sometimes it’s okay for art to not be able to imitate life. Bar brawls and beauty queens: … Continue reading →

Only 34 more shopping days till the runoff elections… The map that changed the world. It’s been called “America’s birth certificate”. Don’t tell Lou Dobbs it was made in Germany. The reason that I zap commercials is so that I … Continue reading →

Happy Dia de los Muertos! I personally think Carl Hiassen’s books are the best political novels out there. But your mileage may vary. What do you suppose are the odds that he has any idea that this song is an … Continue reading →

Good grief, it’s almost Halloween already… Mythbusting personal genomics. The Secret Service is under a lot of strain. Toke ’em if you got ’em, assuming you live in an appropriate state and have medical reasons for doing so. Have you … Continue reading →

Windows 7 for the economic recovery. Apparently, it’s not possible for some people to be so egregiously wrong about something that they get disqualified from being consulted as experts about the thing they were so egregiously wrong about. Case in … Continue reading →

We’re two weeks out from the start of Early Voting in Houston’s elections. Have you decided who you’re voting for yet? Time for a pollster ethics panel. Just call him Bobby No-Show. Dokken versus chicken. And see Greg for a … Continue reading →

What do you do when your kid is the bully? Turns out conservatives have no ideas about how to reform health care. Yo, John. Either you did or you didn’t. Admit or get off the pot already. Just how far … Continue reading →

Campaign events, German-style. This sounds, um, very interesting, at least until you consider the malware potential. Ever wonder which checkout line at the grocery store will move the fastest? Well, wonder no more. In addition to everything else, Rep. Joe … Continue reading →

Happy Labor Day weekend! Here are a few tunes to queue up on the iPod as you celebrate. Colonel Sanders, as you’ve never seen him before. You might not be a libertarian if… LOLSaints. 500 Days of Sanford. The Men’s … Continue reading →

Next year, this date will be 8/9/10. This year, it’s not nearly as interesting. One reason some politicians lie so much is because there are no consequences for it. Firefighting: A great example of the government doing something a lot … Continue reading →

Dog days time… Just a reminder that Governor Perry isn’t the only shameless hypocrite about the stimulus package. Bobby Jindal is pretty damn brazen, too. Traditional media has its blind spots, none of which is more cringe-inducing than stuff like … Continue reading →