Out of Sight, Like a Pumpkin

Today is the last day of the month, and as good a time as any to reflect on my recent running experiences. I usually wait until January, to...

Agricultural department can ban meat processors from testing for Mad Cow Disease. Because if one butcher tests, it may force others to tes...

Pima and Maricopa Indians reach record settlement on water rights, hope to return to healthy lifestyle of past. The tribes hope a return t...

Librarian assistant fired for writing book about patrons. I'm of two minds on this one; as the fired author notes, libraries are suppo...

How the West Was Won will be screened in Cinerama September 7th. I just bought my tickets, and got the day off work to head up to L.A. I...

Today I came upon yet another article about ultra-cheap music downloads for sale at Amazon.com . This one caught my attention because it me...

Getting caught up on some RSS feeds, I came across this mention of Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music which premiered last week on ...

Comic-Con 2008 is in full swing. Crazy, crazy, crazy. I'll recap things once it's all over, but for now, let me just say, I'm ...

Estelle Getty, dead at 84. I must admit, if you had told me when I was in elementary school, watching The Golden Girls in it's initia...

At the Movies with Ebert and Roeper looks to be on its last legs. A shame, though I pretty much stopped caring once neither Siskel nor Eb...

Oscar Pistorius won't compete in Olympics.

Oscar Pistorius fails to qualify for the Olympics in his final attempt. He was gracious in failure, justifiably proud of his personal-best...

Final Fantasy XIII coming to Xbox 360. My god. This is the best news ever. This saves me close to $500. Well, no, I guess it only saves...

Tony Snow, dead at 53.

iPhone 3G launch a mess; Apple's phone activation system crashes. Apparently lots of people tried to activate their phone at 8 AM this...

Star Trek: The Experience to close. A real shame, I really enjoyed it. The original motion ride was a lot of fun, especially since (I sup...

The New York Times Magazine looks at impulsive suicides. Apparently, just creating small obstacles to suicide can produce dividends; In B...

Yes, that is the greatest thing you have ever seen or ever will see. But the upcoming documentary about the Rock-afire Explosion looks pre...

Jesse Helms, dead at 86. Yet again, we see that only the good die young.

The Unshelved Book Club last week featured Sharp Teeth , the first time a text of recent origins was featured which I had already read. Mad...