Pitt turned carving pattern and peered over his shoulder at the rapidly receding island. He cursed under his breath as he spotted the remaining Defender helicopter rising above the mound surrounding the mine. In less carving pattern than a minute it was sweeping across the channel, taking up the cha...

This is the continuation and significant expansion of a previous post on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden (1911) and its possible influence on Ms. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels, which post can be read here. After a hurried re-reading of Garden, here are my first thoughts. I th...

BY DAVE BARRY How weird a year was it? Here’s how weird: • O.J. actually got convicted of something. • Gasoline hit $4 a gallon — and those were the good times. • On several occasions, Saturday Night Live was funny. • There were a few days there in October when you could not comp...

Another one may bite the dust. In case you missed it, the Arena Football League is in trouble after 21 years. Probably their biggest claim to fame is former Iowa Barnstormer turned NFL success story Kurt Warner. (We love rags-to-riches stories, and what’s more raggy than a former grocery bagger wi...

Colorado Media Matters: Citing no evidence, KOA newscast called Salazar a "staunch" opponent of public-lands oil shale development Neverett takes over Pirates announcer's job USA Today - ... Colorado Rockies announcer on FSN Rocky Mountain telecasts, will replace Lanny Frattare as one of the Pi...

I guess it feels like dinner is so late because I’ve been home from work since around 3 o’clock today. Yeah, I managed to sneak out and dial-in from the couch for the last couple hours (the boss was out the door just in front of me, and no doubt those who work for me continued the domino...

Colorado Media Matters: KOA's Caldara allowed guest to repeat refuted claim that Obama "paid under market value" for house There really is no place like home Westword, CO - For example, we have five radio shows dedicated to local music - seven, if you include Carmen Allgood's Colorado Wave...

Here's my Twitters for today. 09:47 Just ran into the guy I used to play MSH in high school with on LJ. Last week I ran into one of my old LARP friends on the History channel. # 18:52 Working from home after working from work. # 19:23 @jasonlblair Only with far less sleeping. # 19:32 @jasonlblair I ...

It looks like the Mumbai attacks are shaping up to be the Gavrilo Princip and Franz Ferdinand of the 21st century — only this time with nukes. India is saying publicly that the ISI — an organization which is part of the Pakistani military — was involved in the planning of and training for the ...

Colorado Media Matters: KOA's Newman omitted Obama's plans to "take out" terrorists in claiming Obama would "try to make amends" with them PARKER: Argonaut celebrates new digs with style Rocky Mountain News, CO - BOYLES' BREAKUP: I dreaded making the phone call because I've been down this ...