Here’s some randomly generated, and totally non-romantic tunes for your Valentine’s Day/President’s Day weekend, where I guess we’re all supposed to go buy some mattresses then put them to use recreationally. Enjoy! “Poker Face” – Lady Gaga “So Unsexy” – Alanis Morisette “Living in the Sky with Diamonds” – Cobra Starship “On the Bus Mall” […]

With the weather being, shall we say, uncommon, for this region at this time of year, I’m hearing more and more comments from folks, both personally and in the media, questioning the validity of global warming/climate change, taking particular shots at one Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, former Senator, Vice President, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, and […]

Posed for a pre-race photo, here are this year’s entries for the cub scout pinewood derby: Three of us built entries this year. From left to right, Mary’s mouse racer, Andrew’s flaming car, and my last-minute Conestoga wagon. Hopefully, we’ll do well.

Disappointed, but not surprised. Maybe six inches of snow in these parts on Saturday. Plenty of sun yesterday, roads were really quite nice yesterday afternoon. Not that it stopped the panic. No school in the county today, and I was turned away at the office gate this morning at 6:05am; delayed opening for some reason.  […]

…in the lives of certain dear friends, today’s xkcd struck me as particularly funny. But then, doesn’t it almost always?

Opening and closing with pretty folk music, with some nice loud guitars in the middle. A nice mix. My favorite bit this week is, however, the big – ass pipe organ on track two. “Fischer Store Road” – Sarah Jarosz “Intervention” – Arcade Fire “Gagged and Tied” – that dog. “Salvation” – The Cranberries “Heavy […]

Yes, they’re calling for some snow this weekend. The forecast says that starting sometime after lunch, the area in which I’m sitting might get one or two inches before dark, with a total weekend accumulation of maybe six. Not a big deal. Every damned school within a hundred miles cancelled this morning, on the possible […]

…I’ll let this guy do it: Happy Birthday, My Dear!

The Oscar Nominees are out today; including the newly expanded “Best Picture” ballot. There are plenty of the nominees I haven’t seen yet, but many I desperately want to, like The Hurt Locker, Up In The Air, and yeah, Avatar (I’m probably the only person in America who hasn’t seen this yet). Generally a good […]

Those wily English, with their tea and their Doctor Who and their National Health Service, also happen to have an interesting perspective on the American political circus. The other day, the BBC offered up a solid investigation as to why Americans tend to vote against their own interests. And, oddly enough, it’s not entirely that […]