We just had a few days of weather here in Austin, Texas.  It's left the city a wreck.  Again. To understand what happened, my memory of ...

Judge Not, Lest Ye Be... Ha ha. Just kidding. What kind of blog would this be if I weren't judging everyone who caught my attention fo...

Ohhhhh man. This should be interesting. You know, back when they announced the Disney/ Marvel merger, my first thought was "huh. Wond...

It seems the great state of Washington sees fit to take its murderous, psychotic criminals to the county fair. I'm all for rehabilitatio...

Shoemaker just posted this elsewhere . I am going to go to bed and hide beneath the covers now. Added Shoemaker found item bonus!!! Collinsw...

A huge tip o' the sombrero to Jason Craft for this one

I worked in the eLearning space for most of my post-collegiate career (and depending on your definition, for a year before I graduated). Du...

Today, while I was working, apparently DC Comics announced the end of an era as Paul Levitz has stepped down from executive duties at DC Com...

So, it sounds like this Disney purchase of Marvel is going to happen. The New York Times says so and Stan Lee likes it! (and owns Marvel s...

As always, Nathan C was first to alert me to the news, followed within five minutes by Randy, and Dan G. walking into my office. Yes, I am n...

Superman and Batman arrested in New York. The best thing about this whole Bush surveillance deal ? You choose! (a) we'll never really...

So Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, famous for accidentally removing credibility from the McCain campaign (sorry, Palin fans, its true) has resi...

If you've never heard of the Bulwer-Lytton contest, its a competition wherein folks submit a single sentence. The sentence is intended ...

It seems only fitting that I would learn of Michael Jackson's passing from Leaguer Nathan Cone. Nathan just sent this in from Variety . ...

Sigh. I'm not going to say this right, and I'm going to be taken the wrong way, but here we go. I am aware that the flu/ Spanish Inf...

Sunday I watched about twenty minutes of the 2006 movie "Idiocracy". The movie wasn't terribly popular, but: (a) the more ti...

Anyone who spends more than 2 or 3 days at my house will see I watch an alarming amount of Austin's 24-hour news channel, News8Austin. ...

Jamie, Lucy and I spent some time this weekend watching CNN footage of the inaugural activities going on in Washington DC. It's tough t...

Moderated comments We all have things we're touchy about. And when we start thinking of specific areas of our lives, we can probably fi...

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Obama's election "In a new historical era, I look forward to taking our bilateral relationship of co...