The Portable Dry Ice Maker. at Hammacher Schlemmer I read about this in the latest issue of Wired Magazine. And if I thought anyone would ever get it for me, I’d put it on my wishlist. But at $500...

My 39th birthday was yesterday, March 20, 2008. So I guess I can no longer say I’m in the “mid-30s”. We had an awesome birthday party last Saturday night - probably the biggest birthday party I’ve ...

I’ve never owned a Lenny Kravitz album before. But a couple months ago I heard a song on the radio that was such an authentic homage to Led Zeppelin that it just blew me away. And so I had to buy h...

Quaker teacher fired for changing loyalty oath California State University East Bay has fired a math teacher after six weeks on the job because she inserted the word “nonviolently” in her state-req...

There was a letter to the editor in our local Broomfield newspaper a few weeks ago. My wife Beth wrote a response. The guy who wrote the original letter then wrote a response to her response and ma...

I watched “Garden State” last night. I’d heard about it since it came out, and thought it just didn’t seem like my kind of movie. I was wrong. I really liked it. I thought it was some pretty good w...

Have you heard that putting the pit (seed) of a fresh avocado into a bowl of guacamole will help keep it fresher longer? Well, it turns out to not be true. It’s just an urban legend or old wives ta...

I was just reconciling my latest Visa statement, and found a fraudulent charge for $4.99 from “Bestsmartstore Com Llc” from February 14. I checked out the company’s website, and learned they are su...

Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us | Environment | The Observer The document predicts that abrupt climate change could bring the planet to the edge of anarchy as countries develop ...

Drivel Todd Bradley on 18 Feb 2008 08:44 pm Sarah Connor I’ve been getting into this new TV show with an unwieldy long name: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I really didn’t want to lik...