Day 362: 25 Years Gone

originally published December 27, 2012 Yesterday I got to wondering what 2012 institution would remain relevant a quarter century from now. Today, perhaps because I’m finally crashing from my tryptophan and candy-cane high, I’m feeling a little morbid. We lost the Twinkie this year, as well as Sara Lee, Chumbawumba, and Fear Factor (again). In […]

Day 361: Happy 25th Birthday, Lots Of Stuff!

originally published December 26, 2012 We are rapidly running out of 2012. This means that we can look forward to list upon list, looking back at the top 10 movies, TV shows, songs, albums, video games, news stories, product releases, recipes, memes, weather patterns, hairstyles, and misconceptions about Liam Neeson’s genitalia from the past twelve […]

Day 335: Happy 50th Birthday, Lots Of Stuff!

originally published November 30, 2012 According to Wellcat.com, an arbitrary website that appears to want to sell me balms and pillows, today is Stay Home Because You Are Well Day. So if you haven’t left for work yet, don’t bother. Grab your phone, tell your boss you aren’t coming in because you feel great. Savor […]

Day 310: Take Out The Trash Day, Volume III

originally published November 5, 2012 Once every month or so I like to sift through my ever-ballooning roster of potential article ideas and flush out the ones I find interesting, but which would require so much filler to puff out to a thousand words, I might as well not bother. Not everything can inspire a […]

Day 305: Drinking From The Legend Of Stingy Jack

originally published October 31, 2012 For 304 days I have reported on the facts as they have popped up in Ms. Wiki’s stony gaze. Today, in honor of that most sacred of holidays in which gore-splotched zombies mingle with slutty nurses and mustachioed Marios all over the world, I thought I’d change the pace and […]

Day 283: Justifying An Unjust World

originally published October 9, 2012 Do you believe in karma? If so, you may be more damaged than you’d thought. Or maybe you’re more healthy than others who hold no such faith in the universal balance. Or perhaps you’re exactly as mentally unstable as you deserve to be. The Just-World Hypothesis is the belief that […]

Day 279: Take Out The Trash Day, Volume II

originally published October 5, 2012 Once again it’s time to take out the trash. Today I’m going to sift through the slop-bucket of unfinished ideas and unexplored topics I’ve been served by Ms. Wiki’s fickle tray of barely edible morsels of factual (I hope) consumption. These are hits on Wikipedia’s wild wheel of randomness that […]

Day 232: To Be Shakespeare Or Not To Be Shakespeare

originally published August 19, 2012 Libraries and libraries of material has been written about William Shakespeare, the brilliant playwright whose works continue to amaze theatre-goers and confuse the unholy hell out of high school students every year. This particular thousand words is not about him. It’s about the other William Shakespeares. I couldn’t find a […]

Day 189: Take Out The Trash Day

originally published July 7, 2012 Today seems like a good day to take out the trash. I have been compiling an extensive list of potential topics for the past few months. Some (like yesterday’s barbershop article) have been collecting dust on the proverbial shelf for quite some time, Wikipedia’s fickle ‘Random Article’ button having failed […]

Day 171: Picking The World’s Brains

originally published June 19, 2012 It may come as a surprise to some of you – particularly if you read this site on a regular basis – that I am, in fact, a member of Mensa. Well, I was. I allowed my membership to lapse once it became clear to me that the organization was […]