So the Congressional Republicans are steadfastly holding the economy hostage against raising taxes on people earning over half a million dol...

Both of Epril's approved visa petitions, after being "lost in the mail" for nearly 2 months (from May 27 to July 20), finally ...

John Stewart does one thing undeniably well: He finds people making hypocritical remarks, and then strings together a bunch of examples of ...

It's uplifting to see some American teenagers that are so far beyond normal levels of genius that they enter the realm of "awe-insp...

When I'm inclined to add the disclaimer, "no special effects used", you know you're going to see some pretty frickin' ...

Andrew Sullivan strings a bunch of them together : The Republican refusal to countenance any way to raise revenues to tackle the massive deb...

Mom was wondering if I bought a Kindle. Actually no...

I have a house guest: Uncle Bob's friend from Canada, a fellow named Mark, is staying in my house for a couple of weeks. I like Mark b...

He does creepy old guy every bit as well as he does Mr. Spock.

Letmewatchthis.ch . Every movie and TV show ever, from the in-theater-/-on-TV-now variety to the classics, right in your browser, YouTube-st...

I was chatting on the phone with a friend and, while doing so, idly gliding around the United States from a satellite's vantage when I n...

Epril's visa application got lost being sent from the USCIS in California to the National Visa Center in New Hampshire. I had to wait 3...

I've been listening to and recording music like crazy for the last few days. I stumbled upon this gorgeous piece that I heard in (of al...

Congratulations to all a major portion of my old friends in New York. Real gay marriage, passed into law by a Republican congress in one ...

Georgia passed a "no-illegal-immigrants-in-our-state" law right before harvest. Illegal farm workers got the hint and took off. ...

On sale at amazon.com . I'm also told that Samuel L. Jackson does the audiobook for this as well. Way cool. Other good ones: That'...

I went with Cousin Paul for a walk down by the beach today. Not as eventful as a walk around Jasaan, but we did see a family of manatees in...

I'm going to start practicing billiards again. I used to be an excellent player, probably a high B ranking. I was in the bar league in...

All I could imagine was Paul opening up the trunk of the car with Mom and Gracie in it. Well, it is 3 a.m. and I've had a couple of drin...

I'm waiting for Epril's approved I-130 form to get entered into the system so that we can continue the process of getting her visa. ...

If I were born a dog, this is what I would look like. I have to admit, it's quite an improvement. Yes, go to Doggelganger and upload a ...

Angry Birds Ao Vivo:

We've finally arrived at the point where one can say with full certainty, "If you can imagine it* you can find it on YouTube."...

By the way, this is what I was talking about regarding the dishwasher leaving spots. Before I put the Jet Dry in, this pan came out nice an...

MIT University is reporting a real breakthrough in battery technology . The idea is that the energy, instead of being stored and discharging...

The CNN headline read, in part, that Representative Weiner was "sending lewd photos to women online." Not really accurate: At thi...

This is as boring as it gets. The new dishwasher didn't have any of that Jet Dry stuff in it, so I filled up the little container on the...

The other day, Palin gave a mangled and confabulated version of Paul Revere's ride, claiming that the purpose of the ride was some sort ...

This is brilliant stuff . Everybody who has been a true fan of Star Trek has dreamed of (or even attempted, usually poorly) writing and fil...

I got news on Epril's visa application today: It went all backwards... in a good way. I had been following VisaJourney.com's instru...

Sarah Palin tries to explain why Paul Revere made his midnight ride. You can hear it in her voice, about halfway through, where she realizes...

It's starting to get cloudier here in Florida; the rainy season is coming. Today I went out to the shopping mall and had a wander. I hav...

My opinion about abortion has always been the same: Abortion should always be an option, and it should always be the last and worst option....

This fellow, Rob Bliss, had an idea to do a lip synching video in Grand Rapids , Michigan, after the city was listed as #10 on a list of Ame...

I had this happen to me this evening while heating some soup in the microwave: It started to sizzle after about 45 seconds, so I stopped t...

My sleep schedule is starting to skew forward again, which I don't like. I really wish I did not sleep as much as I do, but that has be...

I've heard a lot of people say that music is based on mathematical patterns, but I've always found that a bit of a laugh: Nobody de...