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2013

Somewhere, a Focus Group Is Laughing Maniacally

Do you ever wonder whether there’s a finite amount of good ideas, and we’ve simply run out of them? No? + more

A Still-Developing Story

This looks absolutely fascinating, if perhaps—just perhaps—a little opportunistic. Until the film is completed, you can learn more about Ms. + more

It’s Not Easy Being Green

On a Saturday afternoon hike in the Deep Creek area of Riverside State Park, my daughter Emma managed to convince this + more

@#$%!

My friend Derek—who’s moved his online musings from here to here—sent me a link to The Origins of 9 Great + more

Reasons Why Spokane Is Awesome, no. 34,876

So the missus and I were waiting for the parade to start last Saturday when we discovered Monkeyboy Books, a little shop in + more

Happy Birthday to “the Unreachable World-Famous Noble Master of Poetry and Music*”

Richard Wagner was born 200 years ago today. I’m celebrating by playing Götterdämmerung—the celebrated 1964 Solti recording—while Shirlee’s at lunch. Back in 2011, Alex + more

Physics!

Earlier today, my brother-in-law sent me a tantalizing email: What If? meets The Big Lebowski. Here’s a teaser—as if you needed one: + more

Stop! Grammar Time!

How long has it been since we talked grammar? Too long, I’m thinking. So let’s not waste any more time. + more

Am I missing something?

When it comes to advertising to Hispanics, the conventional wisdom is that we need to do more than just translate + more

“…endowed, jaunty and erotically scented…”

Though I’m pretty sure we’re all aware of it by now, this is the funniest exposé yet of the wine + more

Tea Time

George Orwell apparently had some thoughts on tea. Eleven of them, in fact—the tenth of which goes so far as + more

Monday Miscellany

I thought Spokane’s streets were bad. But at least we don’t have to deal with wormholes to other times and dimensions.… + more

A Sudden and Calamitous Event

From time to time I like to share with y’all an episode of “Martini Shot,” Rob Long’s behind-the-scenes glimpse at + more

Does This Towering Intellect Make Me Look Tall?

Until I took Pew Research Center’s Science and Technology quiz, I had pretty much resigned myself to being, like Winnie the + more

Well Played, Audi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkByAkAdZs&feature=youtu.be Yeah, yeah, I know—this makes two Star Trek-related posts in a row. Just watch it. You’ll thank me later. + more

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