Further proof that the adventure starts here! Former British soccer legend and tough-guy actor Vinnie Jones got tossed in the klink for some bar-brawlin’ mayhem…
For a few years now I’ve been collecting wee bits of recording equipment with the hope — the dream — nay, the phantasy — that…
After college let out for the last time — and before life lapped up the last few allowable drops of adolescent indulgence — I spent…
[A new feature here at Ouch. That’s Hot, “Today In The News” will be my stand-in when I’m feeling stand-offish. There’s been much to write…
Many hold that a laissez-faire, free-market economy is by far the best if driven by the self-imposed principal of Enlightened Self-Interest. Obviously, “enlightened” is a…
The silence is deafening! My impish corner of the blogging empire — a little half-moon of qwerty merriment emanating from the central vineyard — has…
Here’s a little tidbit from this month’s Wired: “By 2020, native English speakers will make up only 15 percent of the estimated 2 billion people…
(Thanks to Kingtycoon Mathoslah for the tip.) Whether it left a soft spot or a sore spot, there’s no doubt that anyone who slid through…
Perhaps I’m going about things all wrong. In the last GQ there was an article about the necessities and excesses of the hyper-trendy green movement.…
At least 10 years have gone by since I’ve read a little Waugh. And that, my friend, is simply no good. I’d forgotten more of…