Recent Beetle Bailey comic strip that Leonard and I discussed at some length: Panel One: the Sarge comes across his anthropomorphic dog, Otto, half-dressed (hat, shirt, and boxer shorts) and angry, next to Otto's doggie …
BART Tests Extension: Local politicos are among the invitees for a test run of transit system's extension to SFO. Is It Just Me, or does this sound like an engraved invitation addressed to Disaster Mansion? …
Don't let me forget! On Tuesday night I have to attend a workshop, and then my writing group, and then the next day I drive to Sacramento to take a civil service exam.
Anirvan stopped by the Cody's information desk today. I asked him: "Can I help you find a book?" He replied: "I think my bookfinding needs are pretty much taken care of, thanks." Funniest thing I'd …
Hey, my Bachelor of Arts in Political Science actually came in handy at work yesterday! "I'm looking for books by Dahl. D-a-h-l." "Roald Dahl. Well, we have a number of books by him in the …
Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day!
Working nights and weekends messes up my temporal orientation. Today's Friday? I guess another thing that messes up my temporal orientation is listening to political parody from six years ago.
Want a laugh? Go to any erotic story archive on the web (e.g., literotica) and check out the table of contents of slash, parodies, and/or celebrity fantasies. Some of the combinations involving Jeri Ryan (Star …
John McWhorter has mentioned in interviews and in lectures that his next book will be about some aspect of black culture in America. One time he mentioned a title -- The New Double Consciousness. Just …
I guess I should say "Oh no!"; Rob Lowe is leaving one of my favorite TV shows, The West Wing (good fan site). He plays Sam Seaborn, evidently up till March 2003. To tell the …
