Out of Sight, Like a Pumpkin

A consideration of St. Clair McKelway, and his writings about his own mental illness.

Randy Newman: Pop MacGuffin

The original Mad Libs.

In addition to my complaint about Pechanga, I thought I should mention their policy of disenrolling tribal members , as well as their refusa...

Pechanga Resort and Casino is on notice! Thanks for getting my back, Colbert. I went to Pechanga Resort and Casino last night. Actually, ...

Clown-killing on the rise in Columbia.

It occurred to me this afternoon that there must exist an online Stephen Colbert "On Notice Board" generator, and lo, the intertub...

The Tofu Hut , recently returning from a long hiatus, has a very informative post on Polk Miller and the Old South Quartette. Definitely w...

XM, Sirius Satellite Radio to merge. I'm surprised; reading various internet speculation about such a move, I really didn't think i...

Ray Evens, dead at 92. In addition to standards like "Mona Lisa" and "Que Sera Sera," MSTies will remember Evens for ...

The New York Times looks at the audience experience at the various late night comedy show tapings.

EMI exploring DRM-free downloads, but only if they can slip in a fatter profit margin, apparently. The most interesting point in this arti...

I was at Vons this afternoon, picking up a fennel bulb to make soup, when I noticed the DVD vending machine had a sign on it indicating new...

Wil Wheaton on the death of the video arcade. This article prompted me to check, and while I knew the Wunderland arcade I most frequently ...

Anna Nicole Smith, dead at 39. This is one of those stories that is absolutely shocking, until you think about it for about two seconds. ...

Can photographers be plagiarists?

Wal-Mart joins with union in advocating universal health care. At least, in theory, as a goal to be reached by 2012. And they're not ...

Steve Jobs thoughts on DRM. Nice to hear Apple's willingness to sell music without DRM, if they could, but I think his claim they woul...

The Office as Miis. I really should get a picture of my Mii up here. It's pretty sweet.

Netflix is rolling out streaming video to subscribers. Apparently, for every dollar you pay for your existing mail-rental subscription, yo...