I saw something in today’s Washington Post which made me realize that we’re ushering out something quite particular to New Years — but only for the past 10 years.
It was a picture — they’ve had the same (or a similar) picture of a reveler enjoying the hoopla that is ushering in the new year.  Every [...]

Dear Captain Awesome:
I still smile at the nickname I gave you, my brother, when I decided to create a blog name for you that would be quite funny. It’s not that I don’t think that you’re awesome; it’s not even that you don’t think you’re awesome. It’s that you simply wouldn’t be the type of [...]

I’m so vain / I bet I think this post is about me…
No — seriously. Let’s make this all about me for a moment. Let’s talk about my hair.
I’ve had a love/hate relationship with my hair for a long time — but most swaying on the “love” side. As far back as I can remember, [...]

Dateline: September 2, 2008 — 3:45pm
*ring*
Hello?
Hello, Mr. Shiny? This is Ms. Schedule. I’m your son’s Kindergarten teacher.
Ah, yes! How are you? How did the first day of school go for him?
Actually, that’s why I’m calling. We have some things to discuss.
Oh no! How is he? Is he okay? Did anyth…
Relax. He’s fine. He’s in [...]

It was reported today that former North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms died. He was 84.
I won’t spend time filling this space with substantiation that Helms was a crazy, racist homophobe.  You can find many other blogs which will do this.  I won’t even make any allusions to the subliminal messages alluded to have been included [...]

In lieu of any mind-stimulating content on my blog this evening, I provide you with an audio recording. It’s from 1974, and it consists of me singing the theme to Sesame Street and the alphabet song (introduced by my Mom).
This comes from a cassette tape my sister-in-law converted to digital audio and which my brother, [...]

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 you [...]

Thank you.

I’m serious, guys. Thank you. For all that you’ve done here. For reading. For replying. For being supportive. For being critical. For agreeing with me. For disagreeing with me. For laughing. For groaning. For both getting it and not getting it. For discoverng my blog for the first time, and for returning additional [...]

I’m back! It was a very lovely weekend away from all things internet, although I missed it greatly. I had brought my laptop for a bit of offline reading (and some movie watching during downtime with a sleeping kid), and it was a weird feeling to have the Wi-Fi detect absolutely zero networks available. [...]

Ooo! I’m too cool for embedded video! I want the link to the YouTube page!
A lot of folks have been blogging about Mother’s Day today — and I’ve been reading some wonderful accounts on blogs and on Twitter about the thoughts and the actions which are occurring. It’s also nice to see pictures [...]