Monthly Archives: September 2005

Michael Grif­fin, the cur­rent head of NASA, has admit­ted the ISS and the Space Shut­tle were mis­takes. NASA just announced that they want to go back to the Moon but using tech­nol­ogy more like the single-use Apollo pro­gram than the … Read More →

All I can say is, Brownie, you’re a scum­bag. Tags: FEMA Brown

Sim­ply putting an arson­ist in jail isn’t enough if you don’t deal with the behav­ior. Case in point: a con­victed arson­ist was arrested while on parole for set­ting a fire in an aban­doned house. The first fire was in an … Read More →

Calvin and Hobbes fans, as part of the release of The Com­plete Calvin and Hobbes, fans from around the world inter­view Bill Wat­ter­son. There are a lot of great comics these days, in print and on the web, but none … Read More →

Tonight’s spe­cials include hot spiced rocks and Blue Happy (addi­tional charge for blow­holes). The chef sug­gests two or three cock­tails, and so do I. Tags: restau­rant menu funny

The prepa­ra­tions for Rita have resulted in no direct storm-related deaths, despite it being a big­ger storm than Kat­rina. Not that things were per­fect, the incred­i­ble traf­fic and strange delay in open­ing the south­bound lanes to north­bound traf­fic attest to … Read More →