A Very Serious and Consequential Topic: Boycott Dunkin Donuts!

It was two years ago this past April that I made the arduous trek cross-country from Boston to the sunny climes of Los Angeles. It has taken a while but I have finally grown accustomed to the miserable traffic, the apathetic sports culture, and the formidable number of vacuous poseurs. Life is less stressful here, [...]

Administrative Updates

I have arranged for a friend to begin posting on Cleveland sports and perhaps some other film/televsion/pop culture topics. I’ll explain more on this shortly.
I’m planning on doing a live blog during the MLB All-Star Game. I realize the game is pretty much meaningless but it’s a good excuse for me to get some baseball-related [...]

O Canada!

I was flipping through Newsweek Magazine’s “The (mostly) Big Thoughts Edition” summer double issue and I encountered the most astounding fact. The issue features a two page spread that examines the question of whether or not the United States has any oil (the answer is yes), and includes a graphic that lists the top countries [...]

A Happy 4th

I’m planning on going dark for this holiday weekend, hitting the beach, eating some wieners, and catching up on some filmgoing. I’ll be back at full steam next week with a full breakdown of the Republican VP candidates and not one, but TWO major announcements, plus an extensive political post that I’ve been picking at [...]

Word of the Day – July 2nd, 2008

Inspissate
intransitive and transitive verb.
To make thick or thicker; to make more dense, as by boiling or evaporation.
As in, “The oatmeal will inspissate in the microwave” or “Inspissate the chili by turning the burner on high.”

I’m Back

I’m still not going to be working at full capacity here as I now have a house guest and others in town to entertain. I hope some of you enjoyed our guest blogger although if I had known that he was going to be writing about such fascinating topics as soccer, I would have found [...]

Word of the Day – June 20, 2008

Douchebaggery
noun
The act of behaving like a douchebag.
That’s right; it’s a self-referential definition. I’m the guest blogger. I can do what I want!

Guest Blogger

I’ll be out of town for almost the next week. You’ll find some daily guest posts from a friend. I don’t know what he’s going to write about. Could be crap. Enjoy!

Word of the Day – June 19, 2008

Pervicacious
adj.
Obstinate; stubborn.
Yet another word with the prefix “Per”. What can I say?

Word of the Day – June 18, 2008

Fatuous
adj.
Inanely foolish, especially in a complacent, unthinking manner.
I appreciate this word because you can think of it as meaning “someone who has gotten ‘fat’ in the head.” i.e. fat and lethargic in their thinking.