“List on the 3s” is my semi-regular feature where, on any dare that includes a number 3, I come up with a list of some sort. And then I do it again on the next date which has a 3 in it.  This all works gloriously — except for those times, of course, when it [...]

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Remember that post where I told you all about all of the wonderful things I wanted to get for my birthday? Well, I have some bittersweet news:  I didn’t get the hybrid SUV. Nor did I get a gift-wrapped three-way involving media goddess Alison Stewart. socKs, however, was wonderful enough to get a co-worker to [...]

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Because I’m incredibly unoriginal, I’m stealing this meme from Avitable among others: I’m going to post Entertainment Weekly’s Top 100 movies of the past 25 years and boldface the ones I’ve seen. However, since I’m slightly original and kind of a douche, I’m going to add a twist: next to each of the movies I’ve [...]

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List on the 3s!  A vrtual cornicopia of … well, nothing in particular. It’s a list. That appears any time there’s a date with a 3 in it.  I could say more, but I think it’s pretty clear by now. Be prepared for a shocking surprise: Shiny does not own a Wii, an XBox 260, [...]

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The passing of George Carlin affects us all in different ways. My first experiences with his material were when, in the DC area, a low-powered AM station went to an all-comedy format when I was in elementary school.  They would run stand-up routines and parody songs all day — mostly rated PG until 10pm came [...]

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Hi all — sorry for such a late post. I know that many of you are used to finding the answers to last week smack dab at 12:00am EDT.  My apologies for those of you who are going through 19+ hours of withdrawal. So — let’s hop to it! 1. What’s the correct spelling of [...]

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Thank you all for making this a very successful blog for me. If not for you, the reading community, I wouldn’t have people begging me such things as “Oh! Tell us that story about how you were once cock-blocked by Meredith Baxter Birney!”  This is for all of you — as a way to show [...]

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I apologize for not keeping up with my posts — it doesn’t mean I appreciate you all any less. I’ll make it up to you during the weekend — promise! So — here’s my video-blog post. And yes — it’s the one where I show you my balls. Direct YouTube Link Look – some of [...]

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My blog entries, your suggestions. For more information, see this post. Today I come to you with 1.5 suggestions offered to me. Winter wrote: I want a meme. Another mosaic, but this time you put a blog or blogger to each of these words: fun, love, peace, happy, smart, weird, deep, free, dark. It’s like [...]

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“List on the 3s” usually takes place on a date which has a 3 in it. Today is June 17.  No three in there at all. But I’m posting this anyway. Why? Because I appreciate you! For more information, see this post. I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve never been a huge book [...]

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