Every year the Christmas season starts a little earlier, and every year it takes a little more patience to get through it. The season itself is great, but the shameless, incessant marketing intrudes on more and more of our daily lives with each passing year. But I try not to complain, because even though I […]

It’s one thing to give Justin Halpern, the author of the popular shitmydadsays feed on Twitter, a book deal based on his work. He got one a month ago, and good for him; it’s a notable accomplishment and a sensible transition. But now, it’s been announced that CBS has agreed to develop a sitcom based […]

I’m a little late in formally promoting it, but this month’s edition of Everyone’s a DJ is coming to Disgraceland on Saturday, 14 November 2009. It’ll be the last edition before our second anniversary party in December, and we’ve still got a few spots open, so please feel free to sign up. No experience is […]

I haven’t had much of a chance to read up on the recent health care vote, and I know I’ve got my work cut out for me. One thing I have checked out, however, is a chart that the New York Times published on Sunday, which identifies and contextualizes the thirty-nine Democrats who voted against […]

“How’s it going, fellow Mayan?” “Pretty good. Just working on the calendar.” “Still? It’s five o’clock, dude. Let’s get the hell out of here and get a round in.” “I don’t know, man. I’m on a roll. I’m up to 2012.” “See? You’re doing great. Let’s call it a day.” “All right, sure. But you’d […]

An article in a recent issue of Wired made a good case for leaving your home wireless network open for those around you to use, stressing that the risk involved in doing so is actually pretty minimal. Not only does the article argue that leaving your network open will give you a good feeling inside, […]

Until I read this article in Eye Weekly yesterday, I hadn’t known that Joe Pesci recorded a novelty rap single in 1998. At the risk of spoiling the ending, it’s not great.

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt from The Hills are following me on Twitter. Either that, or their assistants are following me. I’m really not sure how this sort of thing works when there’s that much fame and money involved. In any event, being followed by Pratt and Montag puts me in an exclusive club of […]

When I checked my mail this morning, I found a note saying that someone had left me a message on Cracked.com. His name was also Matt Blair, and he seemed like a nice enough fellow. I can only assume he found me because he’d been Googling himself, but that’s neither here nor there. Truth be […]

Today is the first anniversary of the election that sent Barack Obama to the White House, and the folks at the Daily Beast picked an interesting way to mark the occasion. Shushannah Walshe and Scott Conroy, the authors of a new book called Sarah From Alaska, shared the full text of the victory and concession […]