Finally, after all these years, not since the 90s, we will have a name for our decade!

I just realized that with the arrival of 2013, a great void will be filled. There will be an end to the lack of a name for the decade. With ...

What time is the world supposed to end?

It is 12/21/12 at long last, I just noticed, after paying some some attention to the real, albeit mini, apocalypse that is Draco the Blizzar...

Italian conceptual artist, bubble wrap cut in 3-minute, 5-minute, and 10-minute squares...

... people waiting at the bus stop... It's the principle of "occupied time."

It's twelve twelve twelve.

Should I wait 'til twelve twelve to say that? At twelve twelve today, what will you do? It's our last chance to line up the numbers,...

"Ode on Solitude."

Alexander Pope, 1735: Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. W...

Tammy and Tommy debated again last night.

We'd gone out to the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery to hear physicist Sean M. Carroll give a talk about the universe . The universe ...

"Their strategy for staying alive is to be barely alive at all."

We're talking about "bizarrely low-key bacteria have been found in sediments 100 feet below the sea floor of the Pacific Ocean...

What's so terrible about internet comments?

Rebecca Rosen complains about the structure of the commenting systems , which, she says, tend to make even well-written comments feel "...

"In 1793, in an effort to sweep away the superstitious associations of the old method of timekeeping (you know how revolutionaries are)..."

"... the French National Convention established a new calendar with 12 months of 30 days each, followed by five (six in leap years) ...

When we reread a book, we can "behave towards" it the way we behave towards a painting.

Think about why rereading a book is better than reading it the first time. When we read a book for the first time the very process of labori...

"This is the size I wanted them to look at 19!"

There should be more stories like this about regretting breast implants. A very young woman is making a decision that binds the much older ...

"I've really never understood the business... of sending these pictures to women."

Can someone please explain to Mark Schmitt — and everyone else with this comprehension problem — why some men send pictures of their genital...

It's not Lady Gaga unseating Oprah that disturbs me. It's Elton John and Bon Jovi in the top 10.

"The World's Most Powerful Celebrities"... according to Forbes. We need better celebrities! It was bad enough back in the 80s ...

The favorite childhood joke of the brain scientist who focuses on the the perception of time.

A turtle enters the sheriff's office: “I’ve just been attacked by three snails!” he shouts. “Tell me what happened,” the sheriff replie...

Hey! What happened to Architectural Digest?

I remember when it was about, you know, architecture. Gerard Butler, eh? Who is he, and am I really supposed to believe he relaxes like that...

How do you manage the day's last spurt of energy?

"The way I do it, there are still 56 minutes left to watch two episodes of The Brady Bunch on TV Land and I [have] enough energy to ...

"There are surprisingly few hours in the middle of the night, if you get up at say 1am and start working on something."

Said rhhardin, in the comments to the last post, the one about stopping at the welcome center in Pennsylvania. It's a sound observation,...

A mysterious phenomenon.

The air conditioner in my office is horribly loud, but I only notice when it cycles off. It goes off and I realize that I couldn't stand...

Blogging from the Pacific Time Zone.

It's hard! You can't catch the wave ... ... of news and rumors and topics — it's always too late. I feel so out of it. Not sayin...

At 4:44 on 4/4 (i.e., today) you can hear "4 Minutes."

Here. (And it's in a very cute waiting mode now.) ADDED: I'm still getting the clock after 4:44, so now this cute gimmick is just a...