Sorry not to have posted today. Aside from doing the work I usually do to get the opinion pages out, I'm dealing with a lot of e-mails and phone calls related to my personal and professional news -- mostly very kind and thoughtful (although not quite all -- hey, you know my public). When I came ...

TALLAHASSEE, AP–Bobby Bowden appealed to the NCAA to include wins from his past before. He may have to do it again. Florida State will appeal the NCAA ruling in an academic fraud case including the vacating of 14 wins, but should the University lose the appeal Bowden will likely try a new tack...

Flavor of Love Season 1 contestant Schatar “Hottie” Sapphira gave the universal martian salute on the red carpet of the AFTRA’s 2009 AMEE Awards on Monday. Let me kick things off: I don’t know how Lady Wonk is still pulling industry invites without selling that ass to King ma...

See these kids right here? OK well you can't really because I have blurred the photo. The point is I have to remind myself, this is why I do what I do. I see these kids when I pop into there classroom, when we have special events planned, if I need to speak at a confirmation meeting - but for th...

me: Owen, it's time to wake up and get ready for school. With eyes closed, 2 fingers get raised in a peace sign. "I just need 2 more hours, Dad."...

A number of them really, but for the most recent example, okay:See, way back during the Blowjob Wars of '06, when I wrote this post...I was -kidding-, see. (It's an incredibly tedious feminist internecine thing; you wouldn't understand).So, but, yeah, anyway, um.Dear organization entitled "Bash Back...

When I began to write this post, I looked for a dozen passages in the Scriptures that Christians in the West largely ignored in practice, despite mentally assenting to the truths contained therein. But what scared me as I delved into this was that far too many passages of the Scriptures are simply i...

Black 47 (Last One To Die) Bloody, fucking Ulster . Fucking, bloody Baghdad. Where next? One isn't really our problem, yet; one is still our problem. But, there is a relation between violence, sectarian hatred and money. Last night, the entrance to the Massereene army base in Antrim, 16 miles n...

OMG I am going to be done with Season 1 tonight. I need Season 2 discs. I will go to Blockbuster or something to get them but I am wondering if anyone in the Yay Area has BSG season 2, 2.5, or whatever the hell it is. I don't really want to give my money to Blockbuster. I can travel. Please advise. ...

Paul Krugman, Martin Wolff and even Ben Freaking Stein (Half-time brilliant, half-time Bozo) have all weighed in on the stimulus package as not being audacious enough. Well, this is why they are probably right ... The nation is losing jobs so quickly that the government, racing to deal with the cris...