Category: navel gazing

Benjamin Rosenbaum has written a long and magnificent post called On “The Stain of Sin” which is on, er, The Stain of Sin, a long and … fascinating blog post by Hal Duncan, one in a series of fascinating posts…

After deciding that the ten singers/bands meme was not so good with my very favorite singers/bands, it occurred to me that it would actually be more interesting like this: Oldenburg Picasso Robert Arneson Lichtenstein Warhol Donatello Magritte Jenny Holzer Louise…

Here’s a little science fiction discussion question for y’all, Gentle Readers. Given your druthers, which ludicrously implausible scientific breakthough (slash production breakthrough slash whatever) would you prefer to see announced and implemented immediately? (a) something that would make it possible,…

Is Your Humble Blogger out of the loop, or is it not common knowledge that Tom “Boycott Domino’s” Monaghan is building a papist city in Florida? Of course, Governor Jeb Bush thinks it’s swell. Since when do Americans believe in…

It is just as wonderful as it was back when he played for the Terriers to watch Rick DiPietro’s astonishing stick-handling, but I think I speak for all my countrymen when I say Get back in the fucking net, Ricky!…

Things Your Humble Blogger thinks are being missed about this whole cartoon inspired violence business. Well, not missed, as I’m sure there are people making these points, but shall I say insufficiently emphasized. I do not get to decide what…

[Your Humble Blogger has been itching to write something about this hoo-hah surrounding the Mohammed caricatures and riots and all. As with all questions, the correct answer is it’s more complicated than that, and as with all questions, that answer…

So. Juice half-a-dozen lemons. Take the rinds of two of them, chop ’em into strips, and throw the strips along with two cups of sugar into a cup of water and boil it for five minutes, making a syrup (or…

Your Humble Blogger hasn’t read the State of the Union address yet, and perhaps I will and perhaps I won’t, but I’ve been meaning to mention something about Health Savings Accounts, which I understand Our Only President continues to push,…

A few random things: Your Humble Blogger has a stage sword of substantial sentimental value that has gotten rusty. I know, and I feel really bad about it, but can anybody help? What products are there for this sort of…