Memo to Sarah Palin: when Lady Macbeth cries "Out, damn'd spot!" she is not talking to her dalmation. I found Sarah Palin’s latest tearjerker invoking William Shakespeare particularly interesting on…
Okay, you have to give it up to Jewel and the (hysterical) site Funny Or Die. Jewel recently agreed to have make-up artists (from F.O.D.) put her in disguise so she…
Man, what a rough week for Cleveland. It's never easy to watch a homegrown talent -- a native son who defied odds to become a national treasure -- abruptly depart. Even…
Congratulations to a very worthy and deserving Spain for securing their first World Cup title. Condolences to the Dutch, who did not exactly do their Clockwork Orange-era compatriots especially proud…
It was hot. The kind of heat that hurt. The kind of heat that caused children to stay inside and adults to appreciate being stuck in an air-conditioned office. The…
No comment necessary? Mad Professor, "Internet Spy": The Skatalites, "James Bond Theme":
Anyone who has read this blog for a while knows I am a big fan of all dogs (even the occasional poodle). Major hat tip to Andrew Sullivan for putting this…
Those Winter Sundays Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold, then with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday…
1984 was the last time it happened: Game 7 for all the marbles. Back then I was deeply invested; now, not so much. To put it mildly, my passion for…
So cancer finally succeeded in cutting short the odd and inimitable life of Dennis Hopper. That is a shame, of course, although we would probably be wise to give thanks…
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