Out of Sight, Like a Pumpkin

FBI advises us to be on the look out for almanacs. I sort of assumed that almanacs were extinct, what with Google and all, but what do I k...

A belated Merry Christmas to you all. We had a rainy Christmas down here, and I was ill to boot, so our plans of visiting Legoland Christma...

Daniel Handler and Jack Black discuss weddings.

Yet again, I find myself behind in posting to the site, about my many adventures. So now I'll give short shrift to things which probabl...

I was looking for the archives of the Hero Santon cartoon , and found this new cartoon by Don Asmussen . Santon wasn't quite as amusing...

SignOnSanDiego.com >Lawsuit over Escondido library cat to go to trial.

Dispatches from a public library, a new column at McSweeneys.

The Onion A.V. Club's much anticipated list of 2003's least essential albums.

Keith Knight's new single-panel cartoon can be accessed here. They've got Boondocks, too.

More catching up: Lyle Lovett interviewed on NPR.

Speaking of Randy Newman, he'll be on Late Night With Conan O'Brien Friday night (Saturday morning). Hopefully it'll be better ...

I believe this link will take you to an interview/performance by Randy Newman on Morning Becomes Eclectic. The air date was October 30th (...

I haven't posted much because I haven't had much to say. It's finals week, so I should spend my time studying. I don't, bu...

Sen. Paul Simon, dead at 75.

Mark Twain's comments on masturbation.

The story of one John Paget, on trial for teaching a dog French.

A short essay on Richard Marx's "Hazard."

After my sister had a jolly good time seeing the cast of A Mighty Wind in concert, I'm seriously considering seeing The Folksmen at a f...

The State of the Union Adress Drinking Game. It's not yet updated for the forthcoming 2004 address, but I imagine they will (and I ima...

What makes a hit animated show?