All the cool kids are doing it and I wanna be like the cool kids. These are the 106 books that are most often marked as ‘owned but not read’ at LibraryThing. I have read the ones in bold . … Continue reading →

Dear DIRECTV Customer: Your new bill for DIRECTV account 037048676 is now available online. Your total amount due is No Payment Due. Payment is due by No Payment Due. If you are signed up for Auto Bill Pay through your … Continue reading →

I just went through Gamer Pro’s entire list of the 52 most important games of all time and could not see Space Invaders, Defender, Asteroids, Gauntlet, Pole Position or Manic Miner anywhere. The list was probably compiled by youngsters.

The 7 or 8 Guys that I have made in the past have all been spur-of-the-moment affairs with whatever-old-clothes-I-Found-in-the-wardrobe. This year I vow to give him more respect. My Guy Fawkes will be recognisable as an early seventeenth century terrorist … Continue reading →

My vacation started just over half an hour ago and already it is quite excellent. From my chair, at the top of my drive, as I sip my second beer, I can see no less than 12 wireless networks. I … Continue reading →

I am always surprised by how long mammals have been around. Let’s compress all of earth’s 4.5 billion years of history into a single year, such that the earth would have first formed on January 1 of this year, and … Continue reading →