For example:

Tiptoe
Past the art show
Into escrow
That's where I'll be, just
Tiptoe
Into escrow
With me

For the benefit of those who didn't catch today's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me," I thought I'd mention that certain readers out there might well be interested in this book.

1) The current writer's block prompt says, "What celebrity would you change your sexual identity for?" At first I was thinking they meant, "What celebrity would you get a sex change for?" And see, I wasn't even thinking of it as being for a romantic encounter. I briefly interpreted it more as, "John Turturro's acting ability is so amazing, it ( Read more... )

See, have I talked about that before? Every time I post anything, I wonder if I've already posted the same thought/information earlier, or mentioned it in an email to people or something. I know I have sometimes made the exact same [attempt at a] joke in multiple posts or emails. Now it's gotten to the point that I try to at least read over the ( Read more... )

Some of you know that I've been trying to figure out what to do with my life once I finish my PhD. Professorship is still an option, but I'm also considering other paths...jobby jobs, if you will.
Anyway, you know how Winnie Cooper has a PhD in mathematics? Well, I just learned that Blossom has a PhD in neuroscience. So I'm thinking my career ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to post this for about a week now, but I was busy packing up my apartment and then driving to Indiana.

The Friday before last, I got news that I had received a Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research. (That's how they hyphenate it.) These grants are for up to $1000, but they told me that because their endowment had taken a hit on ( Read more... )

I've started saying that a lot: "Are you kidding me ( Read more... )

One of the less silly (yet still fun) ESPN articles I've readHere are my favorite bits from the article ( Read more... )

The acid attack on teachers and schoolgirls in Afghanistan literally makes me shake with rage. My muscles are clenched, and my immediate urge is to murder everyone who wants to keep women from access to education. I want to find the men who did this and simply beat them until they are flattened and dead. I just want to stomp on them ( Read more... )

Gmail just gave me this news headline:

Sean Penn's Milk has Blast from the Anti-Gay Past

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Ohhh.