Goodbye, Kitty.

Kitty Carlisle Hart has died : "the supremely elegant actress, singer, arts advocate and TV personality" was 96. I remember seeing...

When dolphins walked the earth.

50 million years ago, dolphins and whales -- they say -- were four-legged creatures lumbering about like hippos. And now, they seem inclin...

Whale song.

Visualized.

Whales, parrots... we can't resist.

Speaking of Technorati charts and bloggers' attractions to cute animal stories, remember Ziggy the Parrot? I jumped at that one. I wasn...

Trying to read blog charts.

What inferences can you make from blogging patterns ? For example, look at this chart for blogging about Samuel Alito: I see confirmation. I...

Truthiness and heart-feeling.

The most useful word of the year is "podcast," says the panel of linguist, but they still pick , for word of the year: "trut...

No Lisa Kudrow? Then I just don't care about any of your opinions.

The Screen Actors Guild Award nominees were just announced. A quick scan reveals what you'd expect to see. For movies, they round up the...

Thinking about going to the movies.

Look at how this silly man is outraged that I talk about movies when I haven't seen them. It would be a nice advantage for the folks wh...

The Golden Globe nominations.

Here. Best Pic, Drama Brokeback Mountain The Constant Gardener Good Night, and Good Luck A History of Violence Match Point Best Pic, Musical...