I’ve never met anyone with the name Esmé. The one and only time I’ve seen it is in J.D. Salinger’s short story, “For Esmé — with Love and Squalor.” It’s a masterpiece. It’s a quiet story about loneliness and compassion. The Wikipedia entry for the st...

A year ago I discovered I really liked a couple early Doobie Brothers records (Toulouse Street & The Captain and Me). This was a shocking revelation, but after confessing to some peers of respectable taste I found I was not alone. Early-’70s Doobies is pretty great. But the closer one gets...

Last week, Rock Star: INXS winner J.D. Fortune was bumming out about being fired from the Australian pop band in the middle of an airport, saying that he was dealing with the aftermath of the breakup by living out of his car and attempting to manage a raging coke problem. But news of Fortune's firin...

An Introduction To The Axis Of Idiots This was sent to me by a friend of this blog, and it provides the thoughts of a TRUE American hero. The fact that he is a hero is something that even those that disagree with what he may say have to agree with. As a true American hero, this Marine has earned the...

Interestingly, Between the Times is turning up the temperature on Calvinism's focus, with 4 for 4 of their most recent posts addressing the issue.  I'm getting jealous:  at that rate, pretty soon their focus promises to overshadow my own! Being a single author, I can never keep up! I appreciate th...

Ladies and gentleman, presenting former Congressman J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ): HAYWORTH: ...I'll tell you what was bad: the sneak attack on our economy, the dress rehearsal that was the debacle of IndyBank, when Chuck Schumer helped get that started, and the guy in the background, George Soros, manipulat...

Our new favorite person on The Real World: Brooklyn? Ryan. He's the straight Iraqi veteran who's taken a keen interest in all things Katelynn, the MTF transgender roommate, who until last night's episode had come out to everyone but the straight guys (and Devon, but that got taken car...

Zoë Sharp I had to laugh - albeit in a groaning, semi-hysterical kind of way - when I saw Dusty's Faster! Faster! post from yesterday about productivity. I'm behind with the new Charlie Fox book. Way behind. I mean, lying......

  Celebrities are becoming addicted to this horrible twat service, Twitter. If Britney Spears (allegedly) breaks her Salinger-like silence by using the free website to communicate with humans (ex-husband K-Fed doesn't count, seeing how he is a zombie), then is there nowhere for Twitter to g...

It’s hardly a surprise at this point, given the carrier’s historical dominance, but it’s still worth noting. According to the almighty JD Power and Associates, T-Mobile has earned the highest possible ranking in their survey of customer service provided by the major cell companies ...