Y’know, I don’t think I ever actually did have to write one of those essays when I was in school. Sometimes I wonder if anyone ever did, or if it was something that just got made up for sitcoms and
$3 a Day
In 1947, a year and a half after the Second World War ended, life in Japan was still pretty grim. Tokyo district court judge Yamaguchi Yoshitada vowed that he would eat nothing but what was provided by official rationing. In
Sanity Check
From the CNN.com article with the latest updates on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force promo that went awry: […] In Portland, police Sgt. Brian Schmautz said officers had no plans to remove any of the signs, so long as they
Decency is not quite dead ….
… and that is news I find genuinely shocking. “If I Did It” has been cancelled. I’m stunned. I can’t find any other words.
New Podcast!
For the very very few of you who didn’t get my email, I wanted to let you know: I have started a new podcast, entitled “It Was 20 Years Ago Today.” There will be new episodes almost daily, with each
From the “You Just Knew This Was Coming” Dept:
“Smilin’ Bob” firm ran $100 million scam Now if only the indictment had included an injunction getting those wretched, wretched commercials off the air …
Comment Left For Leo Laporte
Leo, I’ve been listening to DGW faithfully since episode1, and have been a regular TWiT donor for quite some time as well. I was stunned to hear you say the following on DGW#141: “… and most of you don’t have
Morning Math Puzzles
When I woke up this morning, I found myself wondering, how many years would there be in a googol of seconds? (Just in case you don’t remember your math trivia, a googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeroes,
Twice in one week …
… have I been able to say, “Yes! There is justice!” The first was in congratulating the fine folks at Yog-Sothoth.com on their much deserved ENnie Award for Best Fan Site. Way cool, especially if you’re a Call of Cthulhu
Open Source Crop Circles
What better way to get back into regular updates than with a bit of good, geeky fun, and not far from home to boot? Those of you who are regular readers of sites like Digg or Slashdot have probably already