Out of Sight, Like a Pumpkin

A week from Saturday, I will be attending opening weekend at Petco Park, watching the Padres play Pittsburg from the comfort of a skybox beh...

I'm home sick today. I actually feel better than yesterday, though I still managed to go to school yesterday. But there was no way I w...

We are a few hours away from Easter, which means my spring break is fast approaching an end. As usual, I accomplished precious little this ...

Bollywood for the skeptical. A nice collection of MP3s.

I saw Bat Boy: The Musical last night. I must admit I was a bit disappointed; it picks up in the second half, but the show never really qu...

School is now done for the quarter; handed in my last paper yesterday. Not much to do during finals week, most of the big stuff was due ten...

New Yorker interview with Eric Idle and other Pythons regarding Spamalot .

The woman who first made my name problematic is dead. In addition to Halloween , she also wrote Clue , one of those movies I've seen a...

The quarter is rapidly coming to an end, papers are coming due, and finals approach. So I am doing the obvious thing, and leaving for Vegas...

I had a bit of a scare a week or so ago, when I dropped my iPod in the driveway. It hit the concrete hard and bounced a bit, and I was sure...

Justices abolish death penalty for juveniles.

Rock Ninja attends a Randy Newman concert. Not quite sure what to make of this, but anyone who cries during "Bad News From Home"...

Listen to the Deadwood soundtrack online. It's a smart move of them, putting the entire album on streaming audio; having never seen t...

I think today's Unshelved may have given me a new motto. Of course, it is hard to boast of my skills as an advantage player after dro...

Shotgun golf with Bill Murray. This would appear to be the last thing published by Hunter S. Thompson in his lifetime; I'm uncertain h...

I got my ass handed to me by Valley View Casino today. Which wouldn't bother me, because I haven't done much gambling lately, but I...

Rancho San Diego Wal-Mart plan rejected. That's just the first step, though, I'm sure Wal-Mart will keep up the fight. I enjoyed ...

A tornado touched down in Fallbrook today . What the hell? When people make comments about Southern California and earthquakes, I always t...

I've again been remiss in posting here, mainly because I've been too tired to do much of anything. I was fairly sick for a few days...

I'm sick. I don't think it's too serious, just some stomach bug that hopefully will pass by morning. But it's rather unfor...