My son is a sophomore in college. My youngest daughter is about to leave home in a year and-a-half. So finding that “just right� college has been at topic at our house for quite some time now. We actually hired an educational adviser for my daughter, who is working with her to create a list of c...

(click the image below to listen!) embed this episode in your myspace/blog/whatev: So I’m going to apologize upfront: 1. The intro is long. The outro is long. This episode is long. Almost an hour. I talk a lot. 2. I repeatedly use a word that I’m not really known for using, ever. That ou...

Damn, you all have some opinions about The Shopping. And here I was, thinking no one even read this damn blog anymore. After careful thought and consideration, I have gone against the majority vote and decided to return two of the shirts. (No Shopping Mandate is BACK ON, SISSIES! YEAHHHHH.) I am kee...

Director : Steve Oedekerk Release Date : 10 November 1995 (USA) Genre : Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery Cast : Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura, Ian McNeice as Fulton Greenwall, Simon Callow as Vincent Cadby, Maynard Eziashi as Ouda, Bob Gunton as Burton Quinn, Sophie Okonedo as The Wachati Princess, To...

Filed under: OpEd, Survivor, Episode Reviews (S18E02) Why do I get the idea that Jeff Probst thinks the ultimate Survivor show includes a blindside ouster of a castaway? Now, I like a good blindside as much as any show fan, but that's not what the show is all about to me. For me, the element of surp...

Filed under: Survivor Possible spoiler follows, though I don't think so. But I'll still use the word "they" instead of "he" or "she." It must be hard to go on a reality show. Besides the insults you're bound to get from viewers, critics, family, and friends (unless you win a bunch of money, of cours...

No reconciliation yet. Yemen Times SANA’A, Feb. 15 — Houthi leader Abdul Malek Al-Houthi has recently threatened to avenge the death of field leader Ahmed Abdulla Abdan Al-Ezzi, whom he accused government-supported militias of killing last week. Al-Houthi’s media office accused local a...

No reconciliation yet. Yemen Times SANA’A, Feb. 15 — Houthi leader Abdul Malek Al-Houthi has recently threatened to avenge the death of field leader Ahmed Abdulla Abdan Al-Ezzi, whom he accused government-supported militias of killing last week. Al-Houthi’s media office accused local a...

“Let’s Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start” February 12th, 2009 Every year of Survivor is in search of two things: a gimmick and a character. These are the two things that have made seasons that could have been weak into something very fascinating, whether it was the i...

Consider Bill Roggio's latest on the strengthening of al Qaeda forces in Pakistan, over at Long War Journal.  This is information that you can get no where else as easily and with such depth.  The re-appearance of the al Qaeda Shadow Army, particularly the unit that was the Taliban enforce...