Every time I see those three words I think of an email I got from my sister-in-law. This was years back and I didn’t know much about computers and software. I clicked on it and this amazing fireworks show played on my computer screen. It was breathtakingly beautiful and made me smile. So I tri...

In the words of an obscure Virgin Mobile commercial, “Happy Chrismahanukwanzakah.” We don’t care what you celebrate, as long as you are celebrating hard and embarrassing yourself in front of friends and family. That is what we will be doing today instead of writing about movies and...

Editor’s Note: The following poem comes to us from our resident sonnetist Adam Sweeney. Consider it our experimental article of the week… ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas - 2008 Film Edition ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the movie house Not a Reject was s...

Yesterday I finally got around to printing up my own Christmas cards. I used my gocco printer and dusted the wet ink with glitter... not just any glitter, Martha's glitter. What's that you say, "glitter is glitter"? Well, you need to score some of this glitter for yourself to see i...

I missed posting after Thanksgiving because my life was a whirlwind of activity the days after with deadline, the press trip and what not. Having my sister and brother-in-law here was just great. The gathering was just big enough...kept the guest list smallish so I could actually visit with my sis d...

The whole world will want some holiday cheer during the season and many people will try hard to find some.  At Narconon we have good will and miracles every day.   We are trying to spread the good news especially during the holiday seasons, because we represent hope – real hope for a happy 2009...

Once a year, I have trouble falling asleep, I'm just so excited. I say my prayers to the developers of OpenOffice, slide under the covers and just lay there thinking about all the documents I'll get to open in the morning. There'll be text documents, and spreadsheets -- maybe even presentation slide...

Pi Day, potentially the nerdiest of the nerd "'holidays", is celebrated on March 14 -- 3/14. Larry and Sergey, we imagine, are celebrating it now with an organic, locally sourced pastry at the Googleplex's kitchens. (Photo by AP/Larry Crowe)...

It seems that every year is Amazon.com's "best year ever." That's no surprise given that the number of people shopping online is growing every year and a huge number of them shop at the 'zon. Every year, Amazon releases a list of holiday shopping minutiae, including popular items and details of a fe...

Many Starbucks sites are open today. Tully's is hopping. Muddy Waters and most of the cafes on Valencia Street are online. But the traitors at Ritual Roasters have locked up and gone home. Same for the Peet's in Pac Heights. Worst offender: Whole Foods (!) is closed and I'm out of organic nutmeg for...