...wouldn't we be selling off the parts that weren't profitable?

Oops. I think that means we'd have to sell off Texas.

I finally figured out how to be at a sporting event and not be bored. I just have to pretend that I'm an Aeslin mouse from a colony that's fixated on the sport in question.

("Hail the shooting of the free throw!")

When I was seven or so - under ten, anyhow - I read a comic book where there was something going on at Mount Rushmore that the heroes needed to stop. As they got off, Spider-Man said, "We head north by northwest ( Read more... )

Sports teams may not be as profitable for the economy as everybody thinks.

I am shocked. Shocked and surprised. No, really.

When my brother died, he left a cat behind. Winnie got a new home, but the people who took her in are relocating, and can't take her with them. So, the ad that got her a new home:
Why we hate this cat ( Read more... )

I was thinking about the idea of Christmas specials, when I thought of the most improbable one ever:

The Prisoner: Christmas Village.

In a twisted version of the classic A Christmas Carol, Number Six faces "ghosts" taking him to see his past, present, and future, in an attempt by the new Number Two (an otherwise fat and jolly fellow) to get the ( Read more... )

Somebody programmed an online version of Dominion.

I think I lost a weekend somewhere.

I've been arguing with my jeans for the past couple of weeks. They, being inanimate, have been winning the argument by sheer stubbornness ( Read more... )

At one point, listing the Benefits Of The New Drug simply took less time than listing the Side Effects, Potential Concerns, And Reasons To Stop Taking This Drug Right Now And Go See A Doctor. Now, I think the time to cover benefits is down to about half of the time for potential problems ( Read more... )

While finishing off lunch, the phrase "drowning your sorrows" fluttered through my brain, and I realized that I wouldn't be able to do that, since I don't think sorrows drown very well in chocolate milk.