Christmas: It brings out the Tourette’s in everyone, I suppose.

Yesterday Jesse and I decided to brave the stores to get gifts for those last few people on our list. We were out and about for 3½ long and terrible hours, getting almost nothing accomplished, before our day of fun ended with this happy note:

I guess the “chicken” thing is a myth.

Scientists in Japan created a robot that can smell and taste foods. One of the reporters in the room thought it'd be funny to stick his hand in front of it and see what happened. The result? The robot said he was a piece of prosciutto. His cameraman was identified as bacon. So much […]

Who Won the Race for White City Community Council?

As part of the voting process on Tuesday, residents of White City also got to vote for some of the seats on the White City Community Council. Being that I'm in District 3, I was only able to vote on an at-large seat. Quaintly enough, the ballots were all cast on slips of paper (with […]

The Strange News: Squirrels on Crack

This is the kind of stuff you just can't make up. Squirrels in England have been digging up bags of crack hidden in gardens and getting addicted to the stuff. They then exhibit aggressive behavior as they get addicted and go after people in search in everyone's favorite white powder. Is it any wonder […]

Kindly let us know that you’re not incarcerated.

So tonight I got a really weird message on my cell phone. It was an automated message and since it got my voicemail it began its message the moment it thought I picked up the phone. So I missed the first part. The first word of the message was "jail". The remainder of the message […]