You know how all kinds of animals stretch? Cats, dogs, people (ok, admittedly, not a wide sample)? What about whales? Do whales feel the need to work out the kinks? What about sharks or crocodiles?

Random question courtesy of APOD and that vertebra that popped and felt soooooo good.

Everyone's in a huff over the new Arizona "show me your papers" law. I tend to side with those who find it objectionable, since on its face it's simply racial profiling. Sure, comparing it to being a Jew in late '30s Germany is a bit of a stretch - there's no confinement to barrios, no "here is my Latin American armband" crap, no Final Solution (to ( Read more... )

These mozzarella balls I am eating are quite delicious. Only two issues:

(1) They smell like feet. Seriously, there is a small tub of locker-room on my desk.

(2) They are so soft and pliable, it is somewhat dirty and sexual. I feel wrong eating them.

On the other hand, they are so very very good, I can ignore these issues.

COMPUTER NERDS ( Read more... )

Suis depressé ( Read more... )

"Zhiva, did you kill Houdini?"

"It is possible, I do not remember all of their names."

I found out very recently (like, earlier today) that Roger Ebert has had some crazy medical issues in the last few years. That he had an active blog thing going on, I was also ignorant. So I followed a link or two and got to a listing of his recent posts at the Sun-Times website ( Read more... )

There aren't nearly enough Willie Mays Hayes jokes and references in this world, in my opinion.

Here are my thoughts on certain subjects with which we may disagree. Not talking about things only makes them worse, sometimes.

( ELL-JAY CUT! )

Oh man, new books smell gooooooood.