The only think I knew about Dim Sum was that the members of The Amazing Race forums on TWoP always meet the day after the big season finale party in NYC for Dim Sum at a local Chinese restaurant.  It seemed like a cool thing, even though I had no idea what it was or why I thought it was cool.  Tod...

Today at my office, the parking lot we share with the Roman Catholic Church next door was filled with parishioners heading to church at lunch time to get ashes on their foreheads.  For those of you who don't know the reason for the ashes, I'm probably not the best person to explain this ritual, but...

On February 4th, Vague Space passed its 4th anniversary as a blog, 48 months of service to you -- the indie rock fan and/or Syracuse fan and/or friend of mine and/or bored reader of my strange brand of blog writing.  When I started this blog, I really didn't know what it would lead to, other than g...

I spent approximately 18 hours on a plane last week, getting to and from Reno (via Phoenix, Denver, and Philadelphia), and it's not an experience I ever want to experience again.  The trip from Reno to Denver was actually nice.  The plane was empty.  I sat at the back with a row to myself, could ...

To the right, you can see a summary of the exit polls, which show that Barack Obama increased his percentage share of votes over John Kerry four years ago in nearly every single category of voter.  In fact, he only lost share among 65 and older voters, gays and lesbians, and those classified as "ot...

I've voted in the United States Presidential Election five times now.  Here are my votes by year. 1992:  George H. W. Bush 1996:  Bob Dole 2000:  George W. Bush 2004:  George W. Bush 2008:  Barack Obama Some of my friends (those who don't read this blog) asked me why I was voting for Obama.  ...

I hope everyone votes Tuesday, and I hope everyone is fully informed before making their choices.  If you're not sure who to vote for after at least eleven straight months of campaigning, well, you're on the Internet, go to Google and look around for yourself.  There's no excuse not to be well inf...

Thanks to a storm that passed through here 4 hours ago and has now planted itself in the greater Cincinnati area, I am stuck blogging from the beautiful airport in Evansville, IN watching my life pass before my eyes as my chance to get home anytime this century seems to be slipping further and furth...

Some people enjoy traveling for business, or at least tolerate it enough to get by in jobs that require extensive travel.  I am not one of those people.  I do not understand those people, and I may never understand why they would enjoy leaving their family and friends and homes for days or...

There's a million reasons not to vote for John McCain and this post is mostly about humor, but damn does that guy have trouble with public speaking.  Yes, he does seem like an idiot in this clip, but I'm not going to speculate on McCain's brainpower, even though he clearly doesn't know much abo...