Sara Weinraub introduces us to the lovely book THE DAY-TO-DAY LIFE OF ALBERT HASTINGS http://weatherspoon.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/ I’m charmed by many of the books Princeton Architectural Press publishes. A recent PAP favorite is The Day-to-Day Life of Albert Hastings. Photographer Kaylynn Devene...

Quick everyone! Don your sparkly gloves and pick up your replica Bubbles the monkey soft toy. Do we have some earth shattering news for you! You may have to put your hand over your crotch so people don’t know you’ve pissed yourself in excitement. Everyone knows that Michael Jackson is coming to ...

Daughter Claire was home over the weekend and the big news was her plan to get a new puppy. Claire took it pretty hard when her dog Darcie died over the holidays. We all took it pretty hard. Chris and I had been taking care of Darcie while Claire was away at school. I'm secretly happy about this dec...

New Found Glory are out with the video to their new single ‘Listen To Your Friends’, off the Coral Springs, Florida pop punk group’s sixth studio album ‘Not Without a......

Andy Newman is the editor of the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill version of “The Local,� a newly minted hyper-local blogging experiment by The New York Times. “I’m about as newbie as you get,� he admitted when asked about previous blogging experience. He’s so new, in fact, that he spent the bet...

Dambala has something to add to yesterday's post. I'll just repost his comment in its entirety with annotations added in parentheses for clarity. (quoting me in regard to the possibility of federal prosecutions) "- I'll believe such things when I see them." I hate to sound conspiratorial, but I am s...

Paul J. Joseph joins our site and increases the count of science fiction free serialized audiobooks. He’s releasing his book, Marker Stone: There’s trouble on CMC-6 and it’s been brewing for a long time. The golden age of space travel and asteroid mining has ended almost before it began an...

How long should a dead Timesman have to wait before getting an obituary in his own damn paper? It used to be that a gig at the Times was a life-long, perk-filled sinecure. These days all it gets you is a guaranteed wedding announcement and a timely obit. Robert J. Cole, a former business reporter fo...

Great Swamp NWR is currently one of the top birding destinations in central New Jersey. Its borders contain the marshes, swamps, woodland, and meadows that the Passaic River as it winds its way through Morris and Somerset counties. I personally have seen 119 species of birds there; the refuge list s...

Edison Volquez, right, earned himself a lot of fans in 2008, but his chances for a repeat seem slim at best. The 2009 RotoRob MLB Draft Kit continues as we release more of the Top 10 Lists Fantasy Owners Always Wanted But Were Afraid to Ask For. Today, Alex has his choices for 2009 flops. They were ...