Out of Sight, Like a Pumpkin

I'm sick. The timing sucks; why couldn't I be sick last week, when I didn't have anything to do? Went to my morning tutoring ses...

Porter Wagoner, dead at 80. He apparently announced he had lung cancer about a week ago, and was in hospice, dying during the Country Musi...

The American Masters profile on Charles Schulz airs tomorrow (check local listings). My PBS affiliate is showing it on their HD channel, w...

Mustaches of the Ninteenth Century .

The entire run of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is now available online. I've bitched in the past about Comedy Central's websit...

Things seem to be improving today, with fire fighters finally able to get in and fight the flames, with the winds improving. Still very hot...

I just got back from Qualcomm Stadium, where they are expecting over 100,000 evacuees tonight. Dropped off some water and food, and was hap...

UCSD, like many schools in the county, is closed today. The fires shifted dramatically to the west since I went to bed last night, with hom...

So, the Amazon MP3 store has been open for awhile now. I didn't mention it, because I'm getting bored with the trickle of new sourc...

One dead in San Diego fires. It also appears that the Santa Ysabel fire has overtaken the Potrero fire, with over 3000 acres burned.

Fire consumes 2500+ acres near Potrero, 70 miles east of San Diego. I've called around town, and elsewhere there's no sign of smok...

Slate asks why The Office sucks so badly this season. And I agree, this season has been pretty bad so far. Tonight's episode was an ...

Joey Bishop, dead at 89.

A few comics I enjoyed recently: Get Fuzzy : perhaps the first time Satchel knew real fear. Wondermark : Tomorrow's Memes, today. Of co...

Do magicians "own" their tricks? This article reminded me of a spat last year between Ricky Jay and Eric Walton, which raised th...

Colbert is running for president. I'm a bit uncertain about this. I enjoyed watching him, on the interview circuit promoting his book...

An update regarding my failed water cooler : I gave up on finding a home-filtered solution. There are some coolers available that will fil...

eMusic has some free tracks available highlighting what's available over at Daytrotter. Checking out the site, I was greeted by the m...

Larry Craig vows not to resign, even after guilty plea upheld. When the story first broke, he said he was not guilty, not gay, but said he...

A few years back, I bought a Brita water cooler. It's like one of those coolers you would get from Sparkletts, but instead of having to...