Kate Harding dissects Germaine’s latest blithering (Germs doesn’t always blither, but I cannot think of a better description for this particular effort) in Salon. Great job. I was having the “why aren’t there more women working in stand-up?” conversation with a comedian...

Blogger Wolfish Musings recently wished for a Jewish version of Snopes, the premier site for investigating urban legends. He made this wish after receiving an email listing ten "proofs" of the Moshiach's imminent arrival. As it stands, such a site already exists, and it is called Jewish Legends. Unf...

Comic Book Legends Revealed #195: Herb Trimpe, Nightwing the Groom, and John Byrne's non-existent penis. No, really. If Magenta isn't a color... then what is it? Bully gets noticed. Help NASA Name a Space Station Node. Obama Sushi. Save Money with Regular Home Maintenance. I wish every house came wi...

Yes, it’s true. I once had a gardener, his name, not important here. It was Frank. He was a good gardener, always kept the posies looking excellent. He found this thing out in the garden last summer. Huddled amidst the rose bushes and half covered with mulch was this animal. It was dead, most ...

Specifically aimed at fuck-knuckles above A Certain Age: “may Karma gift him with a disfiguring allergy to Viagra.” THE doctor who sparked the scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine for children changed and misreported results in his research, creating the appearance of a possible link...

If you haven't checked it out yet, go to A Distant Soil and check out the comic on-line as well as lots of great advice from Colleen Doran about being your own boss in the comic book industry (although lots of the advice applies widely to home businesses). Catching up: Comic Book Urban Legends Revea...

On August 11, 2008, writing for the ironically named conservative publication The American Thinker, Steven M. Warshawsky proclaimed, "As I wrote last December, '[t]he pundits can talk until they are blue in the face about Obama's charisma and eloquence and cross-racial appeal. The fact of the matter...

Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #180: Death Note, Dream Hunters, and Midnight Sons. I don't like yaoi, and I've never even heard of lolicon (though the link makes it disgustingly clear what it is), but it is still wrong for a man to be arrested for possessing Japanese comics and cartoons. CGI Wiza...

Via Feministing: Planned Parenthood in Indiana is offering a gift certificate service for the winter gifting festival: it is redeemable for the reproductive health services their clinics offer, and their hope is particularly that women on low incomes will be able to ensure that they keep up their we...

I'm convinced that we need a Jewish version of Snopes. Snopes, for all those who are unaware, is a website that investigates urban legends and tries to determine the factuality of the legend. Sometimes the legend is verified, sometimes it's proven false and sometimes it is undetermined. There has be...