"A-Rod must go!"

Says Trooper York: A-Rod struck out with the bases loaded. He struck out to end the game. He failed miserably as he has done for most of his...

The Needles Vlog.

I'm not needling you . I'm thanking you.

Live-blogging the VP debate.

7:31, Central Time: I'm here, eating strozzapreti with burned tomato sauce, counting the last few minutes before the grand showdown. 7:3...

"I thought the 'vomit' tag was a joke, but you actually have dozens of posts tagged 'vomit." Was 'bodily fluids' too generic?"

Asked Michiel, in the comments to this post . And indeed, the answer is yes. There's a limit to how many posts Blogger will show on the ...

Men in shorts.

The evidence. Discuss. (The photos are all from the Venice Beach "boardwalk." I'm from New Jersey, and I happen to think a boa...

Important pens. Important insects.

You can't bring a camera onto the golf course when you're a spectator at a PGA event, as I was last Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and ...

"What Not to Wear" is not the kind of reality show I would normally watch.

It's a "how-to" reality show, to use the Television Without Pity categories . The reality shows I enjoy are nearly all in the ...

"Historians are generally ambivalent over whether hot-tempered leaders have fared any worse than the placid."

Writes WaPo's Michael Leahy in a long article about McCain's reputed hotheadedness: Harry S. Truman once threatened bodily harm in ...

I think I'm going to have to stop watching "American Idol."

Monday marked the first day of my 5th year of blogging, and during each of those past 4 years, I blogged every episode — did I miss even 1? ...

The candidates... in a word.

Tranquility Base is asking you — quick — to give your first word association for each of the presidential candidates: John McCain Barack Ob...

Do you love a movie that everyone else hated?

In the first post of the day today, I condemned a movie about Heaven : This was an early CGI film that was enough to make me never want to s...

"There's a big relationship between this marvelous time of year and living in a one-party state."

Christopher Hitchens scrooges about Christmas. IN THE COMMENTS: John wrote: How can you get him to go home? He drank everything on the buffe...

"I assume there are dragons and griffins and werewolves and homosexual Frankensteins throughout these novels..."

"...but I honestly don't give a shit if my assumption is true or false." Chuck Klosterman is not reading the Harry Potter nove...

Blogging the Republican debate.

1. It started — like my Fedcourts class — at 4, and I set the old Explorer 8000 to save it for me. So, let's go. Chris Matthews is askin...

Big debate tonight.

Did you know? Well, pay attention. And comment here, if you're watching. UPDATE: Is anyone watching? Based on the comments so far the a...