E Meets West

It's been over a year. That's sad. As someone who writes for a living, you'd think I'd do a little more writing for fun. Or...

I'm not much for war. I've got even less quarter for a dictator using his military to kill people so he can cling to his palace. So,...

I was just reading a snippet of The Cosby Codex, a series of writings about The Cosby Show on the McSweeney's website, when I was stoppe...

One way really. Slow roasted and served in a barbecue sandwich that doesn't have slaw on it. I understand some places need the slaw to m...

Once again, Jon Stewart skewers Fox News for blatant hypocrisy, complete disregard for facts and being plain stupid. And he managed to do it...

By now, you've most likely seen this music video. It's quite a cool interpretation of a Rube Goldberg machine. A couple weeks ba...

There's an interesting phenomenon that recent leaps in technology have created. In the mad rush to create the next big thing, good enoug...

Rachel Maddow does a very nice job of calling out the Democrats by pointing out the hypocrisy of the Republicans. Visit msnbc.com for brea...

Retard is a word that shouldn't exist but does. It's degrading. It's vile honestly. It's also unconscionable that Sarah Pali...

Yesterday was December 16th. The date of the original Boston Tea Party was December 16th, 1773. On that day the colonists decided they could...

JS does it again. The best use of professional wrestling since the invention of professional wrestling. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon ...

Elizabeth Warren sure does sound like she knows what she's talking about. I often wonder why things are more complicated than this.

Sometimes things just need sayin'. I hope Dems have their ears on and hear him. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c De...

I'm lucky in that my major form of public transportation is a rolling historic landmark. To get home from the gym, I take two different ...

(Every now and again, I'll make a prediction. There's really no way to measure the success of these, but I think it's fun to put...

I so admire Rachel Maddow's ability to find and deliver unvarnished truth about the healthcare debate. It seems in the joy of Barack Oba...

During segregation, there was an excuse for the treatment given to African Americans. That excuse was that all things were equal. Buses were...

Bikes are perfect. If you need proof, notice that the essential design hasn't changed much since the addition of the chain. Two wheels, ...

If I'm going to be at all serious about posting to this blog then there's no time like the present. I've been lackluster at best...

The recently released torture memos have made one thing very clear: Fear is the terrorists' greatest weapon. A bomb can't change our...

Last night, John Stewart and the Daily show finally made sense of the utterly confounding economic situation and stripped bare for all to se...

Much, much, much, much better. Steph and I went back to Tahoe with some friends and went boarding again. I have to say, once you can start t...

Believe it or not, it's true. George Bush actually gave a lot of money to fight AIDS in Africa. It's one of the only things I give h...

So today, while waiting for a friend to come by and pick me and Steph up on our way to brunch, I was treated to quite the spectacle. While s...