I’ve been focused on making sure I’m gainfully employed, as the money’s about to really and truly run out, but once I make sure my food and housing is covered, I’ll be able to reinsert the podcast and various writing projects back into my life. Until then, though, and because there was a question last [...]

As a timely follow-up to the round on Wednesday about Kites (and the question about Afghanistan), The IHT has a rather nice story about a relatively healthy social activity happening in a place where we haven’t heard a lot of good things lately. The big kite-fighting day is Friday, the Muslim day of prayer, when [...]

According to this impeccably researched (not to mention TOTALLY SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE, NO REALLY) article in Worldnet Daily (as always a bastion of investigative journalism), soy products are the reason all our kids are going queer: If you’re a grownup, you’re already developed, and you’re able to fight off some of the damaging effects of soy. [...]

(Edited, sadly) Next week’s podcast will be on time as scheduled. This week has been too rife with job hunting and fighting sickness and vertigo. Until then, take 18 minutes out of your busy life and enjoy this documentary. It’s way worth it. [thanks to idogcow]

I’m glad he’s okay, but this isn’t good. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Longtime “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek was hospitalized Tuesday after a minor heart attack, a spokesman for the game show said. Trebek, 67, was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center late Monday night and was expected to remain there about two days for tests and [...]

I always love those “crazy” and “out there” pics taken in suburban living rooms on plush carpets. The goth kids pretending to cut themselves while sitting on their plush leather sectional couches, the postapocalyptic Mad Max mercenary posing for privacy in his sister’s bedroom, the bondage scene with the Hummel figurines on the end table [...]