Last year, I wrote a piece called On the Future of Small Blogs ... which turned out to be fairly prescient. Blogs like mine are closing sho...

At left, DVD cover, George Harrison: Living in the Material World I just loooooved Martin Scorsese's documentary about George Harr...

Its been awhile since I participated in a fun meme, and so here we go! These are "Getting to Know You" Questions from the Blogg...

I filed for an unemployment-benefits extension today, which I did not know was even possible. I learned of my extension-eligibility from a ...

Left: Buddha statue at DIVINE CONNECTION , Black Mountain, NC. SETTING: The various major deities, saints, and other characters i...

At left: Street preacher at Bele Chere unequivocally informs us we are destined to hell, as the fellow at right advertises "Sexy Man D...

Photo of the greatest writer and philosopher of the 20th century, JG Ballard, from The Northern Light . I have been trying to articu...

We wanted our young Delusional Precious to have the very best education in the county, although we could not afford to send her to a private...

I love my new LIBRARY THING widget! (see lower right of blog) I'm afraid I got very obsessive, and easily composed my 200-book list ...

Dramatic crash at Talladega this weekend , which I just saw: Seven spectators at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama sustained non-life ...

The greatest living writer of our time has passed. There is nothing else to say. And now he belongs to the ages. ~*~ Ballardian c...

Check out Neil Sinhababu's Six Reasons Why Clinton shouldn't be Obama's VP over at Cogitamus. Speaking personally, I thought a...