Have you ever wanted to convert somebody so badly? I mean, you want to plump down next to the person with a prayer book and say, “You won’t be saying half the stuff you did if you were really a skeptic. Face it: you’re practically a Christian, so make it official?”

Because I'm really happy for Federer and his 15 - yadah yadah yadah - but sorry, kiddo, CNN, ESPN, All England's Club, but...

Federer is not the top Grand Slam winner/greatest player of all time. He's the top male Grand Slam winner of all time. There are five women who have won more Grand Slam Singles title than him and the only person who has ( Read more... )

… are still far from coherent. I know I promised a few people that I would write something, preferably articulate and polite, but the moment I start thinking about this topic, I find myself very, very far that articulate and polite frame of mind. And I think this has got to be said right now. Immediately. Irrevocably. For my own sake, if not for ( Read more... )

Madonna adoption appeal approved..

I don't know what to say. I've been crying since I heard the news.

ETA: Apparently, people assumed these were tears of rage. They were not. I am very, very happy that Madonna got Mercy.

So the "J. K. Rowling vs. the Harry Potter Lexicon" saga has gone to trial. The Witness for the Prosecution punctuated her deposition with a few well-timed tears.

( I have to give it to Rowling. She is clearly in the right profession... )