In what has been described as, “the most significant advancement of television technology since color TV was introduced,” the U.S. Congress declared today, February 17th, 2009, to be the date on which over-the-air broadcasters must cease their analog signal in favor of DTV. In preparation for this nation-wide switchover, the federal government gave away $890…

The new seasons of T.V. shows have me totally lost.

Here are some, um, alternative Valentine’s Day cards you can send instead of the traditional sappy ones. Sorry for the short post, but I was busy putting together our Valentine’s Day dinner: rack of lamb with roasted green beans and Yukon Gold potatoes in a beurre blanc. To drink, we had a Rombauer 2004 Merlot…

Since it was a bird strike that brought down US Airways Flight 1549, I wanted to talk briefly about snarge. When a bird and an airplane collide, the plane often wins (although sometimes they both lose), and the bird goo left behind on the aircraft is called snarge. Snarge. What a perfect word. What a…

Have you noticed a heck of a lot of banner ads for the website RemoveMyStretchMarks.com? I sure have, so I decided to visit the site and see what all the fuss was about. Oh, that picture to the right? Yeah, it has nothing to do with the website in question; it’s just a nice looking…

I want to be clear at the outset of this post that I’m glad no one died in this incident, and that the injuries sustained were mostly minor. The incident could have been much worse, and it’s thanks to everyone involved—both passengers and crew—that things went as smoothly as they did.

One of the resolutions I made for 2009 was to eat right, and I feel that part of doing that is eating food that isn’t full of things like preservatives and HFCS. By going to the farmer’s market a few times last year, Morah and I have discovered the mouth-watering goodness of fresh produce. I…

Ladies and gentlemen, today marks a momentous occasion: I have achieved Inbox Zero.

When Morah and I visited her dad in L.A. this past summer, we bought this really cool rat painting, which we were told was painted by “a well-known local artist named G.M. Bis.”

I have been successful in writing a new post every day since early last month, which is nice in terms of quantity, but have the quality of the posts taken a hit a result?