"Ewww, this cheese is even smellier than you are!" Kids are creatively cruel -- creatively, mind!

Recent Beetle Bailey comic strip that Leonard and I discussed at some length: Panel One: the Sarge comes across his anthropomorphic dog, Otto, half-dressed (hat, shirt, and boxer shorts) and angry, next to Otto's doggie …

BART Tests Extension: Local politicos are among the invitees for a test run of transit system's extension to SFO. Is It Just Me, or does this sound like an engraved invitation addressed to Disaster Mansion? …

Don't let me forget! On Tuesday night I have to attend a workshop, and then my writing group, and then the next day I drive to Sacramento to take a civil service exam.

Anirvan stopped by the Cody's information desk today. I asked him: "Can I help you find a book?" He replied: "I think my bookfinding needs are pretty much taken care of, thanks." Funniest thing I'd …

Hey, my Bachelor of Arts in Political Science actually came in handy at work yesterday! "I'm looking for books by Dahl. D-a-h-l." "Roald Dahl. Well, we have a number of books by him in the …

Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day!

Working nights and weekends messes up my temporal orientation. Today's Friday? I guess another thing that messes up my temporal orientation is listening to political parody from six years ago.

Want a laugh? Go to any erotic story archive on the web (e.g., literotica) and check out the table of contents of slash, parodies, and/or celebrity fantasies. Some of the combinations involving Jeri Ryan (Star …

John McWhorter has mentioned in interviews and in lectures that his next book will be about some aspect of black culture in America. One time he mentioned a title -- The New Double Consciousness. Just …