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I was expecting it to be fair to middling, to be perfectly honest. I didn't see how something as indie as Holy Grail (I know it's ma...

The problem with overtime is that you have to work regular time too. Twelve straight hours of work on any given day isn't that big a de...

Telephone: RING RING RING Receptionist: Doctor's office Me: Hi, I'm interested in getting the cervical cancer vaccine. I was wonde...

Somewhere out there, the great arachnoid conspiracy found my comments about Shelob and felt the need to reassert itself as a force for terr...

Why would little Anakin Skywalker program a droid for etiquette of all things?

I saw an ad for a LOTR disc set, and I think I had a brief glimpse of Shelob. I've been deliberately avoiding even a glance because eve...

Everyone knows about singing lumberjacks and dead parrots and knights who say NI and spam. In fact, all these things have gotten so tired an...

When I'm watching TV, I sometimes get these warnings: "The following program contains mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is...

There was recently a story all over the news that couples who are more attractive are more likely to have daughters than sons, because it is...

I love dogs! Just seeing a happy doggie walking down the street puts a smile on my face and lowers my blood pressure. I've always want...

There is currently a doggie wearing a birthday hat in the Blogger logo. Apparently this is because Blogger is seven years old, and one dog ...

I want a new printer. Mine is seven years old, loud, big, awkward, and runs out of ink at the slightest provocation. I want a quiet, unassu...

The problem is not that people are finding parenting boring (This link takes you to a Google page. Click on the URL link provided under ...

Telus is using the monkey monkeys in its ads again! I love the monkey monkeys!

Here's something I overheard today. It's remembered and then translated and then paraphrased un peu so as not to be too ponderous in...

Dear Google: You should be honoured. Website names rarely get verbed. The only other ones I can think of are EBay, LiveJournal, and YouTu...

I think the major problem in politics today is people who act as though they're automatically right because of who they are, or who trea...

They're talking about lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 10 (right now it's 12). Now, I distinctly remember how my mind...

The Star mentions in passing that many major drug research companies are kind of quietly hoping someone else discovers an HIV vaccine, becau...