Got my orders on Friday. Gave some blood, took a urine sample, let them put monitors on my heart and x-ray my chest for a while that afternoon. Filled out paperwork. Told them I was Catholic in case a priest ...Read More

Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell will step in and finish playing Heath Ledger's role in the new Terry Gilliam film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. I'm intrigued. The recent Bob Dylan biopic, I'm Not There, played with the same ...Read More

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Bobby Fischer died yesterday in Iceland. From the BBC: The US-born player, who became famous for beating Cold War Soviet rival Boris Spassky in 1972, died of an unspecified illness, his spokesman said. He was granted Icelandic citizenship in 2005 as a ...Read More

I haven't blogged in about nine days, because (well) I've been in Pittsburgh.  School started, I had a bunch of paperwork and I needed to take care of, and I needed to fill my life with as much scandal as ...Read More

I understand why some people hate Christmas. This year I am one grumpy customer.  There are no decorations: no tree, no lights, nothing. It's 87 degrees outside. I lost at cards last night. Went to see No Country For Old ...Read More

PC World put out a list of the 15 biggest Tech disappointments in 2007. An eleven-year-old teaches you how to change your oil. The Huffington post manages to patronize the children of Colombia and the Cleveland Indians at the same time.  Big Spring ...Read More

Last night, after playing some Guitar Hero– I played base while Jamie Bono played guitar. If you consider that he probably hit 100% of his notes and we averaged 76%, that means that I only sucked about 48% of the ...Read More