When people think of cartoon characters getting high, the conversation always turns to Shaggy of Scooby-Doo. And why not? He talks to a dog. He’s paranoid that he’s being chased by ghosts. He has a perpetual box of Scooby Snacks when the munchies hit. But Shaggy’s not the only anim...

I didn’t realize until the other day when I actually HAD to go to the post office how horribly depressing of an event it had become. Growing up and through most of my life the post office had always been a hub of activity for the town. You would run into a neighbor or someone you knew and the peop...

Yuval Arad is a young woman, who’s now 24 years old. Her father’s name is Ron Arad, and he has been missing for nearly 23 years, ever since his Phantom plane crashed in Lebanon in 1986, which resulted in him being captured by the Amal Movement, and later handed over to Iran. For the firs...

WFMU's fundraising Marathon is underway! Tune in now through March 15th to join in on the fun with your favorite DJs spinning their favorite hits, special co-hosts,and prize giveaways galore. We've also put together a fine batch of DJ Premiums: any of these handcrafted CDs are available for ...

People tweet, they update their statuses, they post crap they find to tumblr or digg or reddit. Conversation (although never really present) has devolved to 140 characters or less. Rarely do people who aren't political, pushing gadgets or byproducts of the evaporating journalism markets actually go ...

ReadWriteWeb reports that Hitwise reports that Gmail visits have outpaced YouTube Visits I’m pretty sure it’s because so many early adopters are on Twitter and early adopters tend to use Gmail. And I don’t know about you but I’ve been getting 20-30 new Twitter followers a day. Each time I ge...

The story of my health insurance crisis, by the numbers.8 --The day in February (not March, FEBRUARY) that my doctor first sent in the pre-authorization for my medication.17-- The day in February that I picked up my last prescription for my medication and found out that the pharmacy had only filled ...

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The important question about Ian Curtis is not so much "why?" as "who?"  What bizarre concoction of humanity led to that pale glare through sad eyes, that earnest intensity, that rigor-mortis twist, those haunting, opaque lyrics? I didn't get the answer from Anton Corbi...

This is one of those blogs where part of my brain says, “You probably should keep this story to yourself.� All while the other half goes, “This is kind of funny in a disgusting and fucked up way.� Awhile back I was driving and received a text message on my phone saying, “Hi. I would apprec...