OJ Simpson’s “confession” book dropped

Ron Moore is going to be writing the screenplay for the new version of The Thing. (via Variety and various other sources) Go Ron!! (And something from the Variety article…

(sigh) After dealing with an incredible amount of local crap (which I’m not going to bore you with at the moment, but will, a little later, on the weblog and…

Happy news! Hubble is saved. NASA has just announced that it will run a servicing mission to the ageing space telescope after more than two years of speculation about its…

There are just a couple of things on my mind that (in light of earlier posts and responses) I want to share before I get back to the various pieces…

Somebody at the BBC deserves a cookie for this one. Transgender MP in toilet fracas Pity, though: I had hoped it was a British MP. Turns out the story hails…

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Well, maybe. Melittosphex burmensis, which has been trapped in amber for the past hundred million years, is the oldest bee fossil ever discovered. It lived in northern Myanmar (Burma) in…

Bottlebag. Very neat!

…But Reese’s peanut butter cups would have nothing on this confection. “Get your gold off of my chocolate.” “No, you get your chocolate out from under my gold!” (…pauses to…

Oh really? MGM chief operating officer Rick Sands revealed the plans this past weekend during a trade show in Orlando, Florida, according to the Hollywood Reporter. That’ll make Peter happy,…

Mighty Beltran has struck out (mutter)

Turtles got wheels.

I just want to take a moment to link to this, in which the excellent Wil Wheaton gives us an in-depth analysis of the episode. While reading it I had…

I read the Long Island newspaper Newsday partly to keep an eye on the part of the world where I grew up, and partly because the father of one of…

Or a toolbox. [tags]Swiss, Army, Knife [/tags]

Always a good thing. (Via YouTube)

“You should read my LJ posting,”  he said. “OK,” I said. Euuuuuuuuuuu. I just had my breakfast — which was, as usual, tea and toast — but having seen the…

Something I saw long ago and loved, and forgot about: the link is to a four-minute video at YouTube. (Via Mark Evanier’s website. Thanks, Mark!) Mel Brooks’ “The Critic”  [tags]Mel…

Happy Birthday! Today you turn 50 with your usual grace and style. You will go far this year, traveling to far-flung places like Tokyo and Los Angeles. You will eat…

Along with chapter uploads of The Big Meow, and many other things. It’s been a difficult month: I want to thank everyone for their forbearance. Meanwhile, check the next post…

Hypoallergenic cats.  I guess it had to happen…

Naked women more dangerous than bombs… (You heard it here first. Well, okay, second or third…)

Flirt cards tested at Oktoberfest… But how many people just text each other instead?