Archives

2010.03.17: Things You See When You Leave the House
2010.03.14: A Soggy Day
2010.03.09: My Administration Condemns Grave Robbing in the Strongest Possible Terms
2010.03.07: What's an Oscar Now?
2010.03.05: The Hermit Leaves the House
2010.03.01: The Case of Cortot
2010.02.27: The Victims Who Aren't Anonymous
2010.02.26: Ou sont les neiges d'aujourd'hui?
2010.02.23: The Snow Is Going
2010.02.19: A Creative Credo of Sorts, I Suppose
2010.02.16: Tardy Gras
2010.02.15: Hearts and Flowers
2010.02.10: Hyping Snowstorms: Advice for Future Reference
2010.02.08: The Twin Who Wasn't Evil
2010.02.07: The System Still Works A Little Bit
2010.02.06: Naming Wrongs
2010.02.06: A Blizzard of Over-the-Top Snow Rhetoric
2010.02.05: Off Script
2010.02.02: Bad News About Snow News
2010.01.27: Things to Be Happy About
2010.01.26: "His Dark Materials"—Read It, Unless...
2010.01.22: In Praise of Philip Pullman
2010.01.19: Youth Is Wasted
2010.01.19: The Times and the Tablet
2010.01.17: Feeling for the Farmers
2010.01.12: Pet Peeve
2010.01.11: Elvis and Anne
2010.01.09: Wikipedia 1, Whimsy 0
2010.01.05: Astronomy and the Stuff You Find in the Street
2010.01.02: Tip of the Day
2009.12.31: The Last Haiku of the Year
2009.12.30: Seeing Things in the First Place
2009.12.25: I Got Just What I Wanted
2009.12.24: Alastair Sim as Scrooge: Better than Perfect
2009.12.24:
2009.12.22: The Resurrected Refrigerator
2009.12.21: Solstice Soup
2009.12.15: Silent Night
2009.12.12: Let's All Talk (and Write) Good II
2009.12.11: If You're Going to Be a Criminal, At Least Have Some Self-Respect
2009.12.10: Thinking About How The Thought Counts
2009.12.07: Those Conformist Fifties: Little Richard
2009.12.05: The First Snow of Winter
2009.12.02: Let's All Talk Good
2009.11.28: Belated Thanks to the Helpful Dead
2009.11.26: Among the Things I'm Not That Thankful For
2009.11.25: Weird Spooky Spy Stuff
2009.11.23: Moonwatching
2009.11.20: Expressions That Don't Make a Lot of Sense, Actually
2009.11.20: Grab Shots
2009.11.12: Another Day of Our Media Making Us Stupid
2009.11.06: Theater of the Absurd: The News and Fort Hood
2009.11.05: A Prose Haiku, If You're Up for That
2009.11.05: You Might Want to Check With God on That
2009.11.05: The Loss of Civilization by Imperceptible Degrees
2009.11.02: Sticky Situation
2009.11.01: Halloween—a Post Mortem
2009.10.31: Terrible Tunes
2009.10.28: A Good Month
2009.10.27: Sssilly Sssmuggler
2009.10.25: Cat Care Update
2009.10.24: Influential People
2009.10.23: Unfleaing the Scene
2009.10.21: Raked Over the Coals
2009.10.16: Meanwhile in Media World
2009.10.14: Pick Ye Peppers
2009.10.12: In Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-Two
2009.10.08: Yielding to Pedestrians
2009.10.03: Those Conformist Fifties: The Twilight Zone
2009.09.24: A Proposal in the Park
2009.09.22: Some Footnotes Are Just So Rude
2009.09.16: Tell Me More
2009.09.12: Skin in the Game
2009.09.10: Pretty Leaf
2009.09.08: Lame Brain Rain Claim
2009.09.03: Good News About Oliver
2009.09.01: You Can't Pick 'Em
2009.08.31: Kong and Contentment
2009.08.27: Career Success to Be Studiously Avoided
2009.08.25: It's Full of Stars
2009.08.24: Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come for You
2009.08.22: Aphorism of the Day
2009.08.20: Vengeance Is Mine
2009.08.20: Hot News
2009.08.14: My Favorite Non-Niece
2009.08.12: Jolly Brolly or a Sunny Sight
2009.08.10: Why Taxes Are Not Altogether Bad
2009.08.08: On Encountering a Witch's Hat
2009.08.06: Discounted as an Artist
2009.08.02: A Sizzle in the Sky
2009.07.30: Obvs
2009.07.27: Observation
2009.07.26: Dear Commentariat: Please Shut Up
2009.07.26: Two Pints of Pear Cider
2009.07.22: Alarming Trend
2009.07.19: My Teacher, Mr. Czerny
2009.07.19: Everything New Is Old Again
2009.07.18: Cronkite
2009.07.14: Those Conformist Fifties: "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
2009.07.13: But Maybe You Shouldn't
2009.07.11: Teriyaki Sauce—The Answer to All Life's Problems
2009.07.10: My God Am I Smart
2009.07.09: Almost Wholly Wholesome
2009.07.05: Ishtar in the Window
2009.07.05: I Figuratively Threw Up
2009.07.04: As Old as the Hills
2009.07.02: Why You Should Hire Me To Write For You
2009.06.28: The Jewel in the Crown
2009.06.26: Scents and Centuries
2009.06.25: A Child Sacrificed
2009.06.24: Things I'm Not Blogging About
2009.06.21: Sic Semper Tyrannis
2009.06.21: It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
2009.06.19: Sunrise in Tehran
2009.06.19: This Really Does Happen
2009.06.17: The High Point of My Day
2009.06.15: Thinking Globally
2009.06.14: The Land of the Brave
2009.06.12: You Can Have My Cigarettes When You Pry Them From My Cold, Dead Hands
2009.06.07: Trying Dryness
2009.06.07: Always the Last to Know
2009.06.07: The Color Yellow
2009.06.05: To Every Thing There Is a Season
2009.06.04: Getting Better at the Baby Stuff
2009.06.03: Cynical by Da Fault
2009.05.31: The Ants Say "Uncle"
2009.05.31: Good Luck With That
2009.05.30: Choices, Choices
2009.05.30: Fun While It Lasted: Newspaper Division
2009.05.30: Marilyn at the Market
2009.05.29: Contents May Crow During Shipping
2009.05.26: Coolness, Cats, and Gardens
2009.05.25: You Can't Hug a Child With Nuclear Arms But Let's Try Anyway
2009.05.24: An Unseized Evening
2009.05.24: Finance and My Ants: A Parable
2009.05.21: Who Could Ask for Anything More?
2009.05.20: The Same Old Story
2009.05.19: Pop Goes the Perception
2009.05.17: Fixing Hubble
2009.05.16: Hey Torture Supporters
2009.05.11: Photo Finish
2009.05.10: Exit Line
2009.05.08: Walter Mitty Moments
2009.05.06: Twitter 201
2009.05.06: Those Paradoxical Planets
2009.05.04: Not Too Busy for Birdsong
2009.05.03: Now He Knows
2009.05.02: Swine Flu and the Lemmings
2009.04.30: Pandemics and Me
2009.04.29: The Specter Haunting Specter
2009.04.28: Ethics and Morels
2009.04.24: Smart Mouthery
2009.04.21: You May Feel Some Slight Discomfort
2009.04.20: Things Undreamt Of
2009.04.20: Cold Comfort
2009.04.17: All the Children Are Above Average
2009.04.14: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
2009.04.13: The Music Monarch
2009.04.12: Sunday Morning
2009.04.11: Something About a Celebrity for Once
2009.04.11: Anna's Advice
2009.04.08: How Rasa Was My Tabula
2009.04.06: Quotes for a Lovely Recession
2009.04.05: Strummer, Man
2009.04.05: Judging Books
2009.04.04: Milk Chocolate, Milton, and the Workings of Fate
2009.04.02: The Smallest of Sunny Signs
2009.04.01: The News from Nubia
2009.03.31: A la mode de Bombeck
or
Leave 'em Laughing
2009.03.29: Things That Pleased Me Yesterday
2009.03.28: Those Conformist Fifties: Jules Feiffer
2009.03.24: Rides and Wraps
2009.03.23: Time and Chance Happeneth
2009.03.23: Not Bond. Not James Bond.
2009.03.22: Just a Snapshot
2009.03.20: The Daily Grind
2009.03.19: Letter from 3 a.m.
2009.03.17: Birdsong and Other Blessings
2009.03.15: Why I'm Dubious About Social Networking
2009.03.13: Downwardly Hunkering (Shh It's the 13th)
2009.03.12: A Finger on the Key
2009.03.10: The Pangs of Despiséd Love
2009.03.10: Wilder on Writing: A Dose of Reality
2009.03.08: Life's a Beach
2009.03.06: Renewal
2009.03.05: Christmas in February
2009.02.20: Ignorance and Mist
2009.02.20: Pro Fusion
2009.02.19: Requiem for a Rodent-Related Rumor
2009.02.17: Soul Food Recipe
2009.02.17: A la mode de Bombeck
2009.02.16: F. Scott and the Checkout Guy
2009.02.13: The Mathematical Basis for Hope, Explained by an Idiot
2009.02.13: One of My Many Modest Proposals
2009.02.13: The Bleedin' Obvious: Journalistic Ethics Division
2009.02.12: Rationing Rationality
2009.02.12: Not Into That Furry Thing
2009.02.12: Windy Day Warblings
2009.02.12: Owning the Zone
2009.02.11: Bring It
2009.02.10: Karassmate Search
2009.02.08: The Case for Corn
2009.02.07: The Way You Look At It
2009.02.05: Falsity in Advertising
2009.02.05: First. Time. Ever.
2009.02.05: Baby Stuff
2009.02.04: Snow Was General All Over Ireland
2009.01.31: What Parsley Can Teach Us
2009.01.30: The Dazzling Brilliance of This Cannot Be Overstated So Check It Out No Really
2009.01.29: Good Self-Publishing Article
2009.01.27: Arson and Old Lace
2009.01.23: Twitter, Once and for All
2009.01.22: Emergency Frog Eating Post
2009.01.16: Go Tell Aunt Rhody
2009.01.15: The Story of "The Skater"
2009.01.15: All Too True
2009.01.14: The Short Farewell
2009.01.10: Souped-Up Ramen
2009.01.10: My Money's Worth
2009.01.06: At Least Make Your Typos Funny
2009.01.04: The Gimmick I've Been Looking For
2009.01.03: Generally Speaking
2009.01.01: Short Stories No Longer
2009.01.01: Hitting Rock Bottom
2009.01.01: Sub-volcanic New Year's Wish
2008.12.30: Recession Proof
2008.12.27: Afternoon Excavation
2008.12.26: Things the Pagans Got Right
2008.12.25: For Your Sake and the Day's
2008.12.24: The Ghost in the Machine
2008.12.23: If Laura Ingalls Wilder Can Write About Pump Handles Then I Can Too
2008.12.20: Those Conformist Fifties: Gettin' All Freudian Wit It
2008.12.20: Adapt or Die, Writer Friends
2008.12.19: A Brimming Bowl of Christmassy Vitriol
2008.12.18: I Wish I'd Said That
2008.12.17: Belated Beethoven Birthday Bash
2008.12.16: The Magic of Money and Work
2008.12.15: Cheerful Literary Quote for Recession (and Christmas!)
2008.12.14: With Apologies to My Onliest Hero Calvin Trillin
2008.12.13: Get Your Soul-Saving Hindquarters Off My Porch
2008.12.13: Naked Came the Culture
2008.12.11: Want to Thrive in the Recession? It's Simple!
2008.12.10: The Ineffable Efficacy of the F-word
2008.12.09: Book Groups, Warts and All
2008.12.08: Malt and Mnemosyne
2008.12.05: One Morning in Late Autumn
2008.12.05: Iraqi Earmuffs
2008.12.03: Visitations
2008.12.02: Plan to See Planets
2008.11.29: Let's Take the Crushing out of Christmas
2008.11.29: Happy in That I Am Not Over-Happy
2008.11.27: Things I'm Thankful for Lately Besides, You Know, the Obvious
2008.11.27: User Serviceable Parts
2008.11.24: There's No Blogging Like Slow Blogging
2008.11.21: Free Writing Advice and Worth Every Penny
2008.11.20: Bad Habits and Their Indulgement
2008.11.20: Why I Love the BBC
2008.11.19: The Color of Money
2008.11.19: Ways of Saying It's Cold
2008.11.18: Further Reading About Pirates
2008.11.18: Quote of the Day
2008.11.17: Things That Make You Go "Hmmm" Dept.
2008.11.15: Distance Relative
2008.11.14: The Sound of Fail
2008.11.14: Going Out on a Limb Here
2008.11.13: No, I Didn't. Nobody Did.
2008.11.12: Sometimes Inside the Box
Is Where You Want to Think
2008.11.11: Energy Savings, At Your Fingertips
2008.11.11: How to Handle Nostradamus
2008.11.10: Credit Where Due
2008.11.08: Looking and Seeing
2008.11.07: Change—and Permanence
2008.11.06: Writing Advice I Won't Be Following
2008.11.05: A Bipartisan Post-Election Day Song for Everyone
2008.11.04: What Opinions Are Like
2008.11.01: Mist Opportunity
2008.10.29: Truth Hurts
2008.10.28: OK That's a Little Weird
2008.10.24: ORLY?
2008.10.22: But the King is not a Subject
2008.10.22: Scants
2008.10.18: Toward a Definition of "Wing Nut"
2008.10.18: Finally A Typical Me-Type Post
2008.10.17: The Wire (with whimsy)
2008.10.17: A Tiny Peep That's Political
2008.10.14: A Handy Tip
2008.10.13:
2008.10.09: Rome If You Want To
2008.10.07: Miscarriage of Frontier Justice
2008.10.07: Reasons to Smile
2008.10.02: Best. Episode. Ever.
2008.09.30: Favorite Things
2008.09.29: But I Mean, Seriously—Funderburk?
2008.09.25: Least. Political. Post. Ever.
2008.09.24: Color Commentary
2008.09.24: Correction
2008.09.23: The Passage of Time
2008.09.18: A Moment for Snark
2008.09.17: Ain't Got No Sole
2008.09.13: How You Spell Relief
2008.09.10: Dull Pain
2008.09.07: Let's Try the Smart Ones
2008.09.06: Don't Let the Glasses Fool You
2008.09.04: A Better Moment
2008.09.04: Palin Comparison
2008.09.03: The "S" Word
2008.09.02: Hello Again
2008.08.28: Of Course You're Busy
2008.08.26: Wait a Minute
2008.08.26: The Omnivoracious Dilemma
2008.08.26: Coolsville
2008.08.22: Update
2008.08.19: Antagonism
2008.08.18: New Depths of Stupidity
2008.08.17: With Apologies to Theodor Geisel
2008.08.15: Second Thoughts
2008.08.15: Dirty Poole
2008.08.14: Nights by the Water
2008.08.10: Poetic Heights
2008.08.09: The Locavore's Dilemma
2008.08.09: That Was No Woman
2008.08.08: The Pusillanimous Press
2008.08.05: Vicissiciss—Viscisis—Life's Ups and Downs
2008.08.04: Blue-Eyed Soul
2008.08.03: Q: Why should you hire me for all your marketing communication needs?
2008.08.03: To Do List
2008.07.31: Frants
2008.07.29: Bathroom Science
2008.07.28: Needing Moar Teechings
2008.07.27: Confidence Man
2008.07.23: Spooky (a little)
2008.07.23: Verbing Weirds Language
2008.07.22: Malaise, Mastroianni, and Me
2008.07.21: Spring Break
2008.07.19: Teaser Lines We Didn't Click On Dept.
2008.07.18: Busy, Busy, Busy
2008.07.16: Those Conformist Fifties
2008.07.15: Determinedly Unpredetermined
2008.07.12: Bicycles and Baguettes
2008.07.11: A Glamour Don't
2008.07.10: Wheat Field with Crow
2008.07.09: Centrality of Air Conditioning
2008.07.08: Intertube Fatigue
2008.07.07: Global Moistening
2008.07.06: Sunday Morning
2008.07.05: Yearning for Switzerland
2008.07.05: Usage Alert
2008.07.04: I'd Have Preferred the Airport
2008.07.03: We're Looking for a Few Good Books
2008.07.02: And the Cotton Is High
2008.06.30: No Harm Asking
2008.06.29: Today's Upbeat Treacle
2008.06.28: Sez Who?
2008.06.26: Droogs Selling Drugs
2008.06.26: How the Birds Know
2008.06.24: And Now This
2008.06.21: Skyrocketing Skyrockets
2008.06.19: Cutest. Lolcat. Ever.
2008.06.18: And The Winner Is...
2008.06.14: They Need Help Bad
2008.06.13: No Admittance
2008.06.11: Why They Call It Work
2008.06.10: Dime a Dozen
2008.06.08: Oh Nooooooo
2008.06.06: Ten Feet Tall and Waterproof
2008.06.04: Live in the Moment. Or, at Least, A Moment.
2008.06.03: Pardon My Dust
2008.06.03: Hills and Valleys
2008.05.31: Deja Reviewed
2008.05.30: I Beg Your Pardon
2008.05.28: Rock Bottom
2008.05.26: To Some Extent Skunked
2008.05.25: Taking the Inner Kid Out
2008.05.24: Martoonies
2008.05.23: Sitcoms and Brahms
2008.05.22: Call My Lawyers
2008.05.21: Looking Blueish
2008.05.20: What's Slough With You?
2008.05.19: The Short Version
2008.05.18: A Good Audience
2008.05.16: The Thing With Feathers
2008.05.15: A Postcard, At Least
2008.05.14: Signs and Omens
2008.05.11: Mother's Day Shopping
2008.05.10: Well, It's a Joke Name, Sir
or
I Have a Vewy Gweat Fwiend in Wome
2008.05.08: Serious for a sec
2008.05.07: Comments, Criticisms, Wisecracks
2008.05.07: The Time Is Now
2008.05.04: Cinco de Whyo?
2008.05.03: Abandoned Ax (with apologies to Charles Kuralt)
2008.05.02: The Infamous Rides Again
2008.04.30: Wish I Hadn't Seen That
2008.04.28: Just Thinking Again
2008.04.27: The Cold Light of Morning
2008.04.25: Gnostic Gnutrition
2008.04.24: Spot News
2008.04.24: You Should Warn a Person
2008.04.22: Results In Now!
2008.04.22: That Is the Question
2008.04.22: Exit Poll
2008.04.22: Leek News
2008.04.19: Achieving Parody
2008.04.18: Nice Work If You Can Get It
2008.04.16: Sigh
2008.04.15: Clinging to Spring
2008.04.14: But Now You're Talking Sense
2008.04.14: News Stories We Never Finished Reading
2008.04.13: Small Town in Spring With Sinuses
2008.04.12: Euphemism Alert
2008.04.11: One Man's Meat
2008.04.09: Ripeness Is All
2008.04.08: Washington, and a Little Weather
2008.04.05: Maligning Multitasking
2008.04.04: A Lot of That Going Around
2008.04.02: The Last Thing You Need to Read About Reason and Faith
2008.04.02: Just a Salad for Me
2008.03.29: Strong Like Bull
2008.03.28: My Long-Awaited Endorsement
2008.03.27: Thinking Spring
2008.03.26: Buzzword Watch
2008.03.26: One Hundred Years of Uncertainty
or
I Just Give Up
2008.03.25: When Smelling Roses Just Doesn't Get It
2008.03.23: To Every Thing There Is a Season
2008.03.22: All Work and Yes Play
2008.03.21: Shots Rang Out
2008.03.20: My Get Rich Quick Scheme
2008.03.20: McGruff
2008.03.19: Finding Tail Time
2008.03.17: Sick Call and Book Report
2008.03.17: Expressly Forbidden
2008.03.15: No Salvation Today, Thanks
2008.03.15: Getting Schooled
2008.03.13: Hulu Revu Tu: Wuhu
2008.03.13: Achtung!
2008.03.12: My God, That's (yawn) Amazing
2008.03.12: Kiddie Lit
2008.03.11: Primavera
2008.03.09: Basement Biology
2008.03.08: Drink Deep, or Taste Not ...
2008.03.07: Phenomenal Mistake
2008.03.06: Oh, Like You're Perfect or Something
2008.03.05: Heart of Roundness
2008.03.04: Believe It or Not, I Don't Understand
2008.03.03: Fios and Fishing
2008.03.01: OK, Not Every Budget
2008.02.29: I Know It's Right (But It Feels So Wrong)
2008.02.28: No Tubes for You!
2008.02.26: Bedinabox: For the Record
2008.02.24: Two for the Books
2008.02.24: Note to Self: Be Less Dumb
2008.02.24: Eurolite
2008.02.22: Cold Cold Heart
2008.02.21: Comic Relief
2008.02.20: Of Guilt and The Google
2008.02.19: That Bird had Flown
2008.02.19: Cat News
2008.02.18: Kahlo Youth
2008.02.18: Outgetting
2008.02.16: Hear Hear
2008.02.15: Not About the Cat for Once
2008.02.14: Rock Star
2008.02.13: Glazed with Rain Water
2008.02.12: True Crime
2008.02.09: Best. Cat. Portrait. Ever.
2008.02.09: Too Clean a Carrot
2008.02.08: Sigh
2008.02.07: Unrich Again
2008.02.06: It's Not Always Good To Be the King
2008.02.05: Cat and Matt
2008.02.05: Marketing 101
2008.02.03: Neighborhood Wine
2008.02.02: Doing the Math
2008.01.31: Super What Now?
2008.01.30: Life of the Party
2008.01.29: I Wish I Might
2008.01.29: On the List
2008.01.27: Arts and Flowers
2008.01.26: Worstlink
2008.01.25: Dearthlink
2008.01.23: Panther's Fine
2008.01.22: Snowflake Man's Vindication
2008.01.22: The Rich Tapestry
2008.01.20: Nor Iron Bars A Cage
2008.01.19: 100% No-Cat-Content Post
2008.01.18: Penn, One Hopes, Is Mightier
2008.01.18: The Latest News
2008.01.17: Sorry About the Comments
2008.01.17: The New Normal
2008.01.17: MacBook Air: Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful
2008.01.15: Snowflake Bentley's Big Day
2008.01.15: Pleasure Reading
2008.01.14: Just Thinking, That's All
2008.01.12: What Th! II
2008.01.12: What Th!
2008.01.11: The Gnome Is Home II
2008.01.11: Daily Slog Blog (Sick Cat Edition)
2008.01.09: The Gnome Is Home
2008.01.08: No imary-Pray News Here!
2008.01.07: Quick Cat Update
2008.01.06: Not Quite Himself
2008.01.05: Etiquette Lapse
2008.01.04: Recreational Food Use
2008.01.03: Moody
2008.01.01: Frosty Reception
2007.12.30: A New Year's Surprise

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