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And the Winner Is…

If the entries in our Stupidest Song Ever contest are any indicator, the last word has precisely three readers. The + more

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Scientists from Skynet Case Western Reserve University have created an army of cyborg cockroaches.

Hello? Anyone?

The somewhat less-than-overwhelming response to yesterday’s post can only mean that a compelling case for the use of “ask” as + more

When Did “Ask” Become a Noun?

I’m being serious here, folks. At what point in our history did someone say to himself, “Hey, you know what + more

Onward…indeed!

One of my favorite reads in 2011 was Onward by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. Its subtitle sums up the author’s + more

Because Hitler is So 1939

It’s one thing for gullible college students (but I repeat myself) to go around wearing Che Guevara T-shirts; it’s quite + more

Time Marches Inexorably On

Today is the birthday of our fearless leader, who was born the same year Hugh Hefner opened his first Playboy + more

How to Catch Big Fish

The latest PROOF! issue (no. 6) tells the story of local fly-tying master John Newbury. PROOF! is a biannual publication + more

A Christmas Card from Terry Gilliam

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Public Service Announcement

With the price of coal nearing $80 per short ton (at least in northern Appalachia), here’s a way to save + more

The Year in Music

Since CK wouldn’t grant me the time off to listen to every CD released in 2011 (something about “billable hours”), + more

Wednesday Miscellany

Why Is Art So Damned Expensive?: “If I can’t sell something, I just double the price.” On the Impracticality of + more

Miniatur Wunderland

I was going to set up a model train to go around the Christmas tree this year, but after watching + more

Book Report

Just finished Philip Roth’s Nemesis—a short novel about a polio outbreak in Newark, New Jersey over the summer of 1944. + more

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