Anyone who grew up in the south, especially in Texas, knows about Blue Bell ice cream. “The best ice cream in the country,” goes their jingle. It’s my favorite (especially Country Vanilla). So I was pleasantly surprised to see an…
Of all the funny videos I’ve seen on YouTube, this one takes the cake. It’s of a legal deposition some while back, featuring Texas super lawyer Joe Jamail. He’s seated off-camera on the right and interrogates the guy with glasses…
Oh yes, finally I’m getting my butt in gear! As you can see, the site looks considerably different. I’ve redesigned the look, simplified the navigation, and done a lot on the back end to make things run better. It’s also…
Check out Pandora.com, where you can enter the names of artists or songs you like and the site will generate a radio stream of similar music. You can tell it whether you like the songs it chooses–to help “hone” your…
I read a great article in Scientific American’s Skeptic column called As Luck Would Have It. Give it a read–it’s short, and I found it pleasant and uplifting. As someone who thinks of myself as risk-averse, I still agree with…
How do you think the goat feels about all this?
This issue of cartoons inciting such a level of violence is awful. There seems to be nothing productive or enriching coming out of this controversy. No lessons learned. No discussion. It’s hard for me to believe that riots or fires…
I am reading about this ferry sinking off the coast of Egypt…just terrible. I hope that there are more survivors than the media indicates now.
This is precious: Saudi mobile carriers ban SMS voting for Arab reality show Funny enough, I’ve actually watched this show at the Egyptian cafe around the block from me! (Haven’t voted, though maybe I should…)
Talk about outrageous: “International condemnation has greeted comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the Nazi Holocaust was “a myth.” The level of ignorance and hatred that passes for leadership in this world is as staggering today as ever…