I have not one, but two engineers in my immediate family (different types, too!), so I found "An Engineer’s Guide to Cats" to be particularly relevant and enlightening. Also, the cat yodeling made me laugh until I cried.
It also led me to consider what kind of guide a newspaper person might create for cats. One [...]

See for yourself at Garfield Minus Garfield, where some clever Internet person posts "Garfield" comic strips with Garfield himself removed. The results are poignant, post-modern, and occasionally hilarious. April 14th and April 17th made me laugh so hard I teared up a little.
Even "Garfield" creator Jim Davis finds the concept entertaining, although he has no [...]

My Wednesday has officially been made. Joy Electric, my all-time favorite electronic pop outfit, just posted a new song on their MySpace. It’s the title track of their newest CD, "My Grandfather the Cubist," which will be released on May 27th.
I’ve listened to the song three times already (whoops, I just hit "refresh" - that [...]

I don’t know about you, but at this point in the season, I could really care less about Idol.
I’m not sure why that is. Maybe because there are few surprises. Who doesn’t think that the two Davids will be in the Top 3? At this point, you are just waiting for them to get to [...]

Something startling happened this morning.
 
As I pulled into work, on came a song by the girl Formerly Known As Destiny Hope Cyrus.  To those of you under-the-rock dwellers, that would be Miley Cyrus, who is a 15-year-old television, movie and singing star, and who now reigns over the lands of Tween and Teen.  (Her dad, [...]

Better bundle up. Apparently, it’s raining John McCain.
I’m speechless. 

Former punk palace CBGB’s shuttered its doors in October 2006. I knew its graffiti-covered walls could not remain untouched forever. But news that it has become an upscale fashion boutique just turns my stomach.
While I appreciate designer John Varvatos’ nod to the shop’s musical past - preserving fliers, for instance - the fact that the [...]

Au revoir, Destiney.  You were, apparently, too much groupie, too little true love for Bret Michaels.
 
But, really, and I can’t believe I’m going to write this sentence, I kind of feel for Destiney. 
I mean, she basically told Bret on last night’s episode of Rock of Love that she wasn’t in love with him (though she [...]

Some news items are just too awesome.
This is one. 

You know, I am sure Randy Jackson has a lot of talent in the music biz, or he would not have gotten to where he is, BUT the man needs a fashion consultant.
What’s up with the skull sweater?