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I like Google+, I do, but I'm not liking their recent purge of pseudonymous folk at all.  It's not right that people like Bug Girl ...

Oh, dear.  Richard Dawkins is having difficulty understanding why being invited to coffee in a hotel room at 4 in the morning by a strange ...

This news brought tears to my eyes, because I adore Terry Pratchett and I never ever want the world to be without him : Three and a half ye...

Don Jose is an absolute idiot. *Addendum: It's pretty damned rude for an interviewer to keep interviewing a singer when the singer...

I've just spent the last hour-and-a-half researching wedding shit for a scene I'm writing, and I can think of only two words: fuckin...

Back in my day, all you could get was Hello Kitty erasers, stationary sets, backpacks, that sort o' thing.  And it was just for the kidd...

One of the books I picked up during my unexpected side trip to Half-Price Books was Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings , by Edward S. Mor...

A few posts on Crooks and Liars you should absolutely not miss, especially if you get bogged down in discussions with Cons: When they babble...

This is absolutely glorious, a beautiful tour through Thomas Jefferson's house and his life . Consider yourselves invited. (Tip o' ...

So glad you asked. Cujo's got your answer . I love it when pop culture and political news can be combined into teachable moments, don...

Back when Tarja quit Nightwish, I remember reading the band's criteria for a new lead singer. They nattered a bit about great voice, et...

Pretty soon, the only thing that'll mark humans as unique among animals is the fact that we can build skyscrapers and have to argue cons...

Remember your Poe's Law, my darlings, and enjoy : Unfortunately, liberals have distorted the history and meaning of Thanksgiving becaus...

EX PRAETERITO PRAESENS PRVDENTER AGIT NI FUTUR- ACTIONE DETVRPET History became a living thing in Roz Ashby's and Ken Meier's hands....

I adore skilled satirists. Voltaire and Mark Twain enjoy a special place in my personal pantheon of literary and philosophical heroes for t...

Kaden frequently ships me over little cultural gems I never would have found on my own. He outdid himself tonight. I'd never heard of D...

One of the things that stood out like a red coat on a soldier during the whole cracker debacle was the sheer quantity of snivelling. In a t...

I took some time away from the blogging to mess about with Project Playlist and my Amazon recommendations. The results have been instructive...

If I'd had any cookies before reading this Andrew Klavan excerpt, they would've been tossed : What Bush and Batman Have in Common Ju...

Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one's understanding without gu...