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February 2015

February 06, 2015

50 Shades of Hitler

Trying to understand this Hindenburg-level PR disaster.

October 2012

October 12, 2012

Why Republicans Need Grunge

Dan Matthews is the longshot challenger of Washington state congressman Rick Larsen. He's just cut...

October 01, 2012

Once More Around the Sun

On days like this I like to remind myself that age is just a number...

September 2012

September 20, 2012

I Owe My Guardian Angel a Beer

Your diarist pulled the Subaru off Sunset Drive in Bellingham today followed by a cop...

September 17, 2012

Margie Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

True story: The other day, I got two calls from the same 800 number in...

September 11, 2012

Lawnmower(proof) Man

The lawnmower blade pictured below tried to kill your diarist the other day. I was...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

Hey Google, Don’t Be Evil

So I just typed "Republicans" into Google. The autofill suggested ... are the problem ......

August 23, 2012

My Thoughts on Rapegate

Your diarist was not shocked to hear Missouri senatorial candidate Todd Akin's thoughts on rape...

August 19, 2012

Where Is God When It Hurts?

And by "it," I mean the toe I stubbed just now. How could a good...

August 18, 2012

Message You Never Want to Hear From Your Boss

"You are a failure at calling people back -- and at life."

August 13, 2012

You Can Pry That Plastic Bag From My Cold, Dead Etc.

Bellingham is one of the latest cities to ban plastic bags for businesses to wrap...

August 12, 2012

I Really Am Out to Get Me

As a level-headed narcissistic American I believe in only one great conspiracy theory: the vast...

August 11, 2012

Oh It Burns, It Burns

"Bellingham Bell[e]s, is that a girls team?" asked a friend in town for the weekend.

August 02, 2012

Badminton to the Bone–or, A Shuttlecock and Bull Story

Those were the two titles that occurred to me regarding news that (count 'em) eight...

July 2012

July 29, 2012

Theodicy and SPF 50*

How can a just and loving God have allowed the sun to burn me this...

July 20, 2012

Wedgie Time for Peter Orszag?

Did anybody else read this anti-summer break piece by Peter Orszag and feel the urge...

July 05, 2012

Topless Theodicy

D. Keith Mano is not well remembered today (even though, last I checked, he was...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Not an Intentional Airplane! Joke

Boy, I picked the wrong day to have electrodes strapped to my chest.

June 28, 2012

Politics Survives–Also, Irony

Well how about that? John Roberts, the justice that George W. Bush appointed and elevated...

June 26, 2012

Better Safeway Than Sorry

"Did you show them your beard?" That's what Real Clear Science editor Alex Berezow wanted...

June 20, 2012

Failure of Moderation

Comments come into this site on an irregular basis. Usually, I'm around to approve or...

June 18, 2012

Philip Jenkins, Meet Adam Sandler

I would like to offer my fellow Patheos blogger Philip Jenkins a bit of unsolicited...

June 14, 2012

Broke With Envy

On Real Clear Books today, I linked to Jessa Crispin's latest literary advice column, on...

May 2012

May 31, 2012

Take That, Mark Zuckerberg!

Analysts are throwing around all kinds of reasons for Facebook's ongoing stock troubles. Here is...

May 24, 2012

Dangerous Lives of Altar Boy Jokes

A bunch of people who don't like the Catholic Church have been smugging themselves silly...