The First Act of the Bard and the Ball, in easy sequence, try these links. I hope. The Bard and the Ball The Bard and the Ball: Act One, Scene Two The Bard and the Ball: Act One, Scene Three...

Kellogg's recent dumping of Michel Phelps as its spokesman had at least one unexpected consequence: The sudden appearance of about 3,800 pounds of cereal at the San Francisco Food Bank. Kellogg's, one of the many corporations to tell Phelps to get out and stay out as their spokesman after his love o...

Jeff Bernstein, the agent for Indian pitching prospects Rinku and Dinesh, reports that the controversy with the Topps representative has been cleared up. He is not a very, very bad man after all. On Tuesday, Rinku and Dinesh reported on their blog that they had been fleeced by a Topps baseball card ...

The recession combined with ridicule for those businesses holding conventions and meetings in Las Vegas is beating the house: Forget apology-seeking letters. Maybe Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman should send President Barack Obama a bill. On Tuesday, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority rep...

While this blog is usually confined to techno-babble and “professional” stuff, it used to have a more personal tone. This post is all about me and is part of a meme called seven things, after Jon Tan deemed me interesting enough to join in! 1. Most of my teens and my early twenties I spe...

Thank you, Deputy Buechler: MISSION VIEJO – An Orange County sheriff's deputy was recognized by Mothers Against Drunk Drivingon Monday night. Cary Buechler, a deputy assigned to Mission Viejo's police services, received a resolution commending her efforts in arresting 37 drunken drivers last year....

Sorry … no Jesus Jones video here. Right now I’m sitting in Gloria Jeans coffee Skyping with N. in Austria (and taking a picture of myself). He’s the founder/director of the Fellowship of Christian Refugees, which has recently opened a chapter in Nicosia. Together we’re disci...

That's how Camile Paglia describes Team Obama: Yes, free the president from his flacks, fixers and goons -- his posse of smirky smart alecks and provincial rubes, who were shrewd enough to beat the slow, pompous Clintons in the mano-a-mano primaries but who seem like dazed lost lambs in the brave ne...

What does the word community mean to you? I don’t mean the dictionary definition, but rather what images, beliefs, and feelings does the word connote for you when you hear it spoken or see it on the page? I ask because I was surprised at how many negatives I had associated with the use of it. ...

TV's pilot season is in full swing, with networks snapping up potential projects like Wall Street laps up bailout money. Over the next couple of weeks, we'll be looking at what each of the broadcast networks is developing for 2009-10. These posts won't be exhaustive looks at every single piece of de...