Normally, a discovery order in a lawsuit, even one between two big companies, would not be particularly newsworthy. But when a federal judge orders Google to turn over to Viacom every record of every video ever played on YouTube, including… Continue Reading
The secret to awesome chicken salad is pistachios. Seriously. It was The Wife’s idea and it was damn good. Take your leftover chicken, some mayonnaise, celery, and they make the base for your chicken salad. But that’s pretty dull chicken… Continue Reading
If the “Mission Accomplished” speech on the Abraham Lincoln had not turned out to be so clearly and visibly erroneous, I am convinced now that the President would be declaring Iraq a victory. The mission at that point had changed… Continue Reading
The police department in Tayside, Scotland was handed an unsolicited shitstorm recently when it circulated the poster illustrated to the left to advertise its new phone number for non-emergency calls. Now, if you ask me, it’s a perfectly nice, if… Continue Reading
At the start of the season, I was optimistic for the Brewers and the Dodgers. Well, every season brings its surprise and the big surprise right now is Tampa Bay. The Rays have won something like two out of every… Continue Reading
Coffee lovers may be shaking in their boots as Starbucks announces today its intention to close about 600 of its stores nationwide. Could it be that the market is over-saturated with places to buy four-dollar lattes — most of them… Continue Reading
Looks like now that Obama is the Democratic party’s nominee, and he needs to run to the center and otherwise appeal to middle America for votes, he’s retiring another part of his campaign: fist bumps. And it’s a shame. I… Continue Reading
On July 1, 1858, Charles Darwin co-presented his concept of evolution by way of natural selection to the Linnaeus Society in London. In so doing, he lent his already-considerable scientific prestige to a number of ideas that had fallen into… Continue Reading
It’s entirely fair to ask Barack Obama what he thinks about same-sex marriage. It is not difficult to foresee President Obama called upon to sign or veto a bill repealing the Federal Defense of Marriage Act. Someone who thinks this… Continue Reading
The concept: Heinz’ mayonnaise is so good, you’ll think your wife turned in to a New York deli man. The pitch: A housewife who actually looks and talks like a New York deli man. The result: censorship by the UK… Continue Reading