Just a couple more months till Gordon Korman's new book Jake, Reinvented comes out. The first chapter certainly echoes Fitzgerald in the names -- Rick/Nick, Todd Buckley/Tom Buchanan, Jake Garrett/Jay Gatsby, Didi Ray/Daisy Fay, Jennifer/Jordan, …

I bought some mockmeat bacon and got home to discover that the expiration date was the next day. So I ate it all. I think the last slice was not quite as tasty as the …

Hey, guess what happened to my car! Update, next day: With the help of Leonard (thank you so much, dear) and the AAA, I had my car towed to a nearby tire place and the …

My colleagues find entertainment in my conversations with customers. "So it's an unauthorized charge? What's your name?...Yes, I see a subscription under that name to Salon Premium....Well, we're a web magazine, called Salon....have you heard …

The ghost of Bruce Springsteen. I don't think I ever understood why Springsteen is so important, but this helped.

I thought this trekkie article was "Celebrate Cardassians With Robinson, Blogs", not "Robinson, Biggs."

New York Times story: a woman is cooking every recipe in Mastering the Art of French Cooking and keeping an online journal about it. It's a grueling project. "'I'm miserable so they can be happy,' …

As in so many parodies and late-night skits, the premise is better than the execution: Microsoft replaces "Clippy" with Iraqi Information Minister. Speaking of the Minister, We Love the Iraqi Information Minister has some vivid …

I enjoy black licorice -- I wonder how these licorice horse treats taste?

If you want to send a text message to the cell phone of a T-Mobile customer, you can use the T-Mobile web site to do so. That is all well and good. I am only …