Ernie seems to be unable to NOT think up new web gameshows; at least this time, he has finally designed the game around the one central concern of all his...
I mention this here simply as a cheery note intended for Chris Pirillo --he seems a little grumpy lately, and I think this is just the news for that coffee...
From Guardian Unlimited , the passing of a rebel scientist. My latest idea for a comic book: a superhero team composed of Thor Heyerdahl, Nikola Tesla, and...
In today's Wall Street Journal, an article titled "Hackers Habits Analyzed" (maybe missing an apostrophe?), by Riva Richmond, leads off with this: Lance...
While I do think there is an actionable position to be taken on the issue of defeating DVD copy protection to make back-ups (or watch a DVD player hooked up to...
I told Liz I was looking forward to the warmer weather because I've missed playing basektball. Speaking of the public park just down the street from us, I...
My advice: base your happiness on some external source, thus eliminating the need to feel emotions. I, personally, have decided to hitch my emotional...
i'm up to all sorts of tricks here at the office. now i can print out my airbills for overnight shipping--no more filling out a form in triplicate with...
Here's a news item in the office today: "Undeclared Soy Causes Doritos Recall" PLANO, Texas (April 22, 2002) - Frito-Lay here announced the voluntary recall of...
We are heading for a horrific train wreck. Is there a mathematical significance? Possibly, when the oldest male contestant is exactly twice the age of the...
R. and M. of Suck It Up are running a Barbie retrospective, with an expert panel of guest bloggers. If I could think of a damn Barbie story, I'd join them. In...
So, what's so different about Ernie's latest online whoring? You mean, besides the drop in percentage of asian contestants and the staggering rise in...
Aw, crud, look what I went and did. I'm hoping this won't be as bad as the time I mentioned "donkey sex." That's one way to get a lot of search results hits....
Min Jung is correct: Plochman's is the yellow mustard worth mentioning in the same sentence as "hot dog." Remember, kids, ketchup is a nasty concoction...
Of course, the reason I dislike the contestant run-down list so much is that the writer always forgets to put me on. Poor, sad, little me. -- Posted by Erik...
Never can tell with him: if he's blogging or not. Never can tell if he'll be lurking around some comments board . But if he is, it's bound to be good. --...
This new feature of Blogger Pro only seems to be active on the test publishing server, so my feed may not update if I forget to publish from there; since I...
So why don't I just drop the pretense of "writing" on HipSmart, and just truly become an anthology of links to other blogs, where all the good writing is...
Molly's site has looked the same for the four years I've been reading it. Then it changed today. She says the current look isn't permanent, so I guess I'll...
The lower concourse of the Hancock Tower (my place of employment here in Chicago), where I often pick up a soda for lunch, becomes overridden with tourists in...
It was high time, I figured, to rent this movie and see if Alec Baldwin could fill the able Mr. Conductor shoes of Ringo Starr and George Carlin. Did he pull...
I work in a regional office which only has eight regular employees and an intern for the summer. As the week drags on, it seems to take its toll. On Monday,...
My six months of free Showtime ran out the other day. The channels got turned off. Odd, I would have expected them to stay on and my monthly bill to jump $12....
I'm number 1 of 3300? It seems the Alaskan gravel industry isn't meeting its e-business potential. Let's get these search results back to their regularly...