22 October 2009
My friend Andrew Chittenden has just launched a webcomic, Chittyland. Definitely worth a look.
Continue reading...20 October 2009
My very funny friend Joey Green has a new book out: Sarah Palin’s Secret Diary. He says that he loves it, and it’s the funniest book he’s ever written. That should make you take notice, because Joey’s written 45 (I may be underestimating), and most of the time when a writer finishes a project, he [...]
Continue reading...17 October 2009
The CIA, that’s who. Today’s New York Times details Agency stonewalling over 295 documents relating to George Joannides, an agent working with anti-Castro Cubans out of JM/WAVE, their Miami station. Groups under Joannides’ direction “publicly clashed with” Lee Harvey Oswald. These clashes were some of the most significant ways that Oswald’s personal politics–in other words, [...]
Continue reading...16 October 2009
Thought-provoking article from the Chronicle of Higher Education. I think it’s right on the money…in every sense of that phrase.
Continue reading...15 October 2009
…and there’s a new documentary about him. It’s premiering in London of course–one of the many nice things about the UK is how much they dug Bill Hicks.
Continue reading...8 October 2009
I gotta say, this cheered me up no end; it’s a photo snapped by a local surfer last weekend. I love me some white sharks, and to know that at least one ten-footer is cruising around (and leaping into the air!) less than a mile from where I am typing this makes me QUITE EXCITED!!!! [...]
Continue reading...7 October 2009
“Hey Mike, why don’t you grow a beard?”–my cat
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28 October 2009
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