Soon 2008 will be in our collective rear-view mirror, and good riddance, says I. Adios, motherfucker. For the first time since January 2000 the world can look forward to a United States that isn’t hagridden by a clique of junior-varsity fascists bent on making the world safe for their bidness buddies and a bloody nightmare [...]
If David Wright still had a wife he’d have someone to tell him he is insane for wanting to piss away a few mil’ on Singular, a magazine targeting the single crowd with “advice, travel suggestions and profiles of unmarried people who travel to Tonga, collect vintage sex manuals and play polo when not performing [...]
As newspapers circle the bowl, features syndicates circle the wagons and think about new delivery systems for the comic strip. Some strips are already archived online, with social networking add-ons and RSS feeds, but the next big thing is likely to be comics delivered straight to your phone, says Uclick CEO Douglas Edwards in a [...]
Like to text, do you? You may like it less after reading this story from Randall Stross, a business prof at a Cali’ college, who reports what carriers aren’t eager to tell you about texting — like, that it costs them bupkis but they charge you through the snoot anyway.
Happily, as a certified geezer and [...]
Back when I was a man, instead of whatever it is I am now, winter was just another season, albeit one that required more clothing. I’d kit up like the Michelin Man and go out for a road ride, or maybe a mountain-bike jaunt. If the weather was truly foul, I’d settle for a quick [...]
Herself and I are fresh back from a run through Monument Valley Park. While taking the scenic route home along an east-west set of railroad tracks, I noticed that the homeless folks quartered here, generally under a bridge or in various makeshift shelters barely masked by sparse foliage, got themselves a gift from Santa this [...]
Are you out and about, greedily snapping up those post-Christmas deals? Me neither. And we have plenty of company, according to The New York Times. The dismal post-holiday buying follows a hideous pre-Christmas shopping season, as reported by The Wall Street Journal and passed along by Steve Benen at Political Animal, who is predicting widespread [...]
I meant to shoot a couple pix of dinner, but spaced it (lots of balls in the air, trying to get everything to finish cooking simultaneously), so you’ll have to settle for a shot of the aftermath.
We started off with a sparking rosé, corn tortilla chips and the pico de gallo salsa I made last [...]
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