Because I have way too many browser tabs open. Mexican drug lord hit men dress up like a SWAT team to carry out an execution in Phoenix. The rest of the story is just damned scary. But remember, the violence means we’re winning! Photos of a long-shuttered child development center in Maryland. ...

I sweat when I play soccer. I sweat when I run, especially if it's on a treadmill (for some weird reason). I sweat like a crack dealer in a donut shop when I play ball hockey, because it's usually about 56 billion degrees in the arena in July. But nothing, and I meant nothing makes me sweat ...

Given my decision to retire from writing Pillage Idiot after more than four years, I thought I'd leave you with a sampler of my writing, organized by subject matter. This is mostly a matter of vanity for me, a kind of proof of my own existence. And since it took me a while to retrieve all of this, i...

1. Thank goodness Hanukkah is over. Seven pounds of latkes? 2. Princess Caroline speaks a lot like Uncle Ted. Another version. 3. If even half of this is true, that's one great father who's one tough mutha. 4. Carjack-ee to carjacker: "I'm gonna blow your balls off!" (Warning: turn down sound before...

This is easily the most easiest meme, ever!  Easy peasy: Take the first sentence of the first post of each month in 2008 and post ‘em on your blog, along with a link to that post. (Let me know if you play along!) January 2008: Right around this time of year, John goes through his usual list ...

Priya writes on my Chennai vs. Bangalore post: Hello u chennai people, just dont bluff anything about bangalore. Bangalore can never be compared with chennai . Chennai is such a worst place . only roads are good and nothing else. can u find a good climate in chennai . can u find good resturants in c...

*** Voting is now closed *** Congratulations to Charlene (my super cool friend and Alex's rockin' sitter)! Her submission of "A Parently So" was my favourite and I'm so glad most of you agreed. I would have hated to have to skew the results! ____________________________________...

I got an email from Alison yesterday asking me where I have been. Nonchalantly, I wondered what the fuss was about and came here to see if it had been that long since I had spilled it. June 23, 2008. Oops. There's no excuse really. Well, maybe one. Soccer. Oh, and work. If you want to know why I hav...

Ah, your weekly dosage of limericks. And before you comment and say, “You guys used some of the same subjects as last week,” well, they’re different limericks. And we’re not very creative, after all. Hope y’all enjoy… ALABAMA There once was a coach named Nick. Who...

In the course of writing a blog, you’ve likely discovered that it helps to have a nice list of fellow bloggers in your niche to read.  You read them to keep up to date on what they are up to (spying) and also as a way to participate in the community (sucking up).  My reading list is a lot lo...