Is Quicksand Real?
By Ruth Waytz Is Quicksand Real? The short answer is NO. Evidence shows that although technically quicksand does exist, it doesn’t behave in any way close to the crazy-ass manner we were taught it did...
View ArticleWait – You’re a WHAT?
By Ruth Waytz The short answer is I’ve been Mostly Vegan since February of this year. The longer answer is that my doctor discovered pretty high blood pressure last December and of course said I needed...
View ArticleWhat’s it gonna take?
By Ruth Waytz I ask you: What’s it gonna take to get John McAfee into all 10 if the TRENDING NOW slots on the Yahoo News Toteboard?
View Article$1 Comic Review: Rick Veitch’s Army @ Love
By Daniel Kalder Living as I do in a suburb north of Austin I am fortunate enough to have a large second hand/discount bookshop nearby. On the other hand, as it is located far from where all the cool...
View ArticleBob Hope’s Garage Sale – This Weekend!
By Ruth Waytz Not sure if he got a permit or not, but it looks like Bob Hope, dead since July of 2003, is finally getting around to having that One Last Garage Sale at his Toluca Lake CA home. I’m...
View ArticleTrust me, YOU’ll love it!
By Ruth Waytz Are you one of the few, the proud, the way-inside enough to be reading Naomi Alper’s awesome “Trust Me They’ll Love It” blog? If not, then allow me to lay some science on you: This is...
View ArticleSo many life lessons ~
By Ruth Waytz So many lessons in just this one news story: Meat really IS murder, don’t live in Florida, don’t have a roommate, keep Kosher….
View ArticleAuto-Nutrition, LA Style
By Ruth Waytz Just How Lazy AM I? Yesterday I did a post sending you to someone else’s blog. Today I’m posting something written by somebody else! I’m a bit freaked out by the Connecticut school...
View ArticleGuest-Blogger Month Continues Apace
Lots of great stuff from guest-bloggers at the site this month courtesy of Ruth Waytz, Daniel Kalder, and Scott Stein. Check it . Related articles And It’s on Transmissions from a Lone Star: Kim...
View ArticleMay I have more saffron with my meth, please?
By Matt Duvall Once again, and I frankly have no idea why, the Food Network is on my TV. I think I put it on at times that I’m kinda down and I want to get my blood boiling. I can’t (and won’t) go...
View ArticleCookies: Making Life Worth Living
By Ruth Waytz (take a peek over my shoulder at the note I just sent out. It’s likely too late for this XMas, but these guys work year-round. Hand delivered in Los Angeles, and shipped throughout the US...
View ArticleSome thoughts on the 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees
By Ricky Sprague Note: Because of a technological error, this post did not appear back in December 2010 when it was originally composed. It is presented here today because it is simply too good, too...
View ArticleSo … What’s New (Year’s)?
By Ruth Waytz People who know me have come to expect “happy new year” wishes from me many times a year, since I celebrate pretty much everybody’s version of New Year’s. Jewish New Year, Chinese New...
View Article2012 Was Nice, 2013 Will Be Legendary
I’m growing a beard for 2013. I hope it goes well. 2012 was a nice year. One thing I really liked about it was the contribution of guest-bloggers to this site. All 2012 guest-bloggers are depicted...
View ArticleA Borscht-In 2012
I’m hosting guest-blogger month in December here once again. Friends of this esteemed blog are cordially invited to contribute as many pieces as they’d like from December 1-31st. I can’t afford to pay...
View ArticleTyson, Lohan, and the state of journalism
By Scott Stein The below screenshot is from today’s front page of CNN.com. I don’t know what exactly it says about the state of journalism that this story and many like it routinely appear on CNN.com,...
View ArticleI Was Much Cooler When I Was 10
By Ruth Waytz I was much cooler when I was 10. I read tarot cards, cast the I Ching, and was into astrology and numerology. I’d memorized the numerology table and could figure out numbers in my head. I...
View ArticleAND IT’S ON
The lovely Ruth Waytz Guest-blogger month is in full bloom here. Check out recent posts by Scott Stein, proprietor of the excellent group blog When Falls the Coliseum, and Ruth Waytz, my super-awesome...
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