Being someone who both crossposts blog entries to LiveJournal and checks site stats on a regular basis*, I discovered something interesting not too long ago. My site stats tell me where people are visiting from; these are referrer links. Since a good chunk of the images I post to Grapefeed are hoste...

View towards Massachusetts Avenue and K Street from the Washington Convention Center. The Washington Monument is visible in the distance but hard to make out in this photo....

How’s this for a restaurant with — literally — a shitty theme? Every customer sits on a stylish acrylic toilet (lid down) designed with images of roses, seashells or Renaissance paintings. Everyone dines at a glass table with a sink underneath. The servers bring your meal atop a mi...

I’ve forgotten how entertaining Ask MetaFilter can be. A random Google search* indirectly led me to a page posted September 2007 where an anonymous user asked “How to dispose of unwanted poppers (amyl nitrite)?” Reading the responses led me to another Ask MeFi page about finding po...

House of Dr. Frank Kameny, 5020 Cathedral Avenue NW. (Photo from D.C. Historic Landmark application.) Five years ago, the Rainbow History Project began work to grant historic landmark status to Dr. Frank Kameny's home and office. That goal was realized yesterday when D.C.'s Historic Preservation Off...

I’m not sure why – and certainly I don’t even want to know – but this particularly graphic Wikipedia article has been going around my side of the second floor in our office. Lunch anyone?...

From 1up.com, found footage of a cut scene from “Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned” for XBox 360 featuring full frontal male nudity. NSFW video clip is after the jump; nudity starts at about 3:09. Grand Theft Auto 4: The Lost and Damned 'Full Frontal' clip (via GayGamer)...

… but this video doesn’t prove it. And wait till you get to the 4:35 mark! (NSFW; via Fabulon)...

Three years after she hit it big with “Stay (I Missed You)” from the Reality Bites soundtrack, Lisa Loeb released the video “I Do” from her sophomore effort, “Firecracker.” The album didn’t fare as well as “Tails,” her first album with band Nine ...

For a few weeks now — since I got back from Chicago, really — I’d been planning to make a short trip up to New York City specifically to see mom. Today is her birthday, and she has no clue I’m coming. Of course, last night I nearly spilled the beans what with calling her and ...