I don’t have too many wild New Year’s Eve stories. My wife tends to enjoy smaller, more quiet celebrations. Since we have been together since 1992, that covers a good chunk of time. We have had some fun times, but…

Well, a lot has happened since I last focused my geekery on R.E.M.’s upcoming album. The band has announced a release date (March 8), posted the track listing and released the first song from the album, Discoverer. You can get…

I have to give my friend Dave Lifton (via Liz Chang) the credit for this one. What a way to bring out my M*A*S*H obsession. Growing up, my family watched the show religiously. Even before you could find reruns on…

I had a few things I wanted to accomplish on the first Sunday of December. I had a few errands to run, a meeting to attend, and I wanted to take a nap before the Ravens and Steelers played that…

A couple more to come when I get a chance.

I wanted to include video I shot with this post, but that will have to wait until later. I did include someone else’s file at the bottom and will add my own to a new post when I get it…

As each day gets us closer to Christmas, I enjoy this season more and more. Not the season of giving or the season of celebrating. The season of annoying people who don’t like Christmas or things associated with this time…

One summer in college, I went to Los Angeles to spend the week with a few friends. One of them helped open my eyes to the many wonderful uses of peanut butter. I had only believed that you could use…

Last night, the matchups for this season’s college football bowl games were announced. The schedule includes 35 games, culminating with the national championship game between Auburn and Oregon. Like every other year, much hue and cry has developed over the…

Sports can bring out some less than rational actions. I don’t get it when people turn violent over the outcome of a game, but I can understand how it will twist up all other kinds of emotions. Take last night’s…