Maniacal Hooting

March 17, 1776 An open letter to General Howe: It has come to our attention while observing your military maneuvers against our army in...

Happy new year! A little late you say? Well, who says that the year begins on January 1? Numa Pompilius? Why should I listen to that guy? ...

"God will not make himself manifest to cowards" -- Ralph Waldo Emerson That one is a good reminder for me.  After all, this guy ...

How much am I loving this winter season? Oh so much. Did I love the coldest January in a century? Who wouldn't? Did I just love the long...

Here's Dr. Tulip A. Cat, professor of applied chaos, discussing advanced mayhem theory with students in her office. Not long after th...

Nobody knows, the trouble I seen . . . Who is this jailbird cat, and why is she in the slammer? Well, it's not exactly the sl...

Crack Things made by poor people being exploited by rich people Anything at Walmart C-4 Coffee that has passed through the alimentary ...

This year I'm particularly thankful for the Red Sox. Who doesn't love a good Duck Boat parade? I'm thankful for Dustin "Scr...

It's true. I'm crazy about Rose Marie. Everybody knows her as Sally Rogers. But not everybody knows how long Rose Marie has been...

If you're anything like me, and God help you if you are, you've probably asked yourself why Syfy (I still hate that spelling) made a...

There. That does it.

Hey kittens, happy 4th.  I've been thinking about the 4th a lot lately, and this being the 4th I thought it might be a good time to writ...

I'm reading a book called African Market Women  by Gracia Clark .  It's a collection of interviews that the author, and anthropologi...

Today we celebrate Richard Wagner's 200th birthday with his greatest work: Ah, such genius. While posting this I am, of course,...

There is no navy in the world that is quite as colorful in its seagoing nomenclature as Great Britain's Royal Navy.  Here's a little...

It just doesn't get any better than this.

This is the greatest invention that no one has ever needed.  Now you can scramble your eggs inside their shells!   It's a culinary revol...

This has been a hell of a week in the Hub of the Universe.  I don't need to go over it all again.  Bombs, bullets, pain, fear, mutilatio...

"Hide not your talents, they for use were made.  What's a sundial in the shade?" -- attributed to Benjamin Franklin Can'...

Life is skittles and life is beer.