The Adventures of Shylock Holmes

When an ad for yeast infection medication comes on, after being talked into watching an episode of 'Bones' on Hulu. I note in passin...

Still on the topic of war, here is some military insight mixed with gentlemanly erudition and politeness of the highest degree. From A. E. H...

I was thinking about Gary Brecher ("The War Nerd") after reading  this Newsweek piece   about how rebel groups use the Toyota Hilu...

I watched 'The Social Network' this evening, and found it excellent. I think Scott Adams got it right when he said that (regarding...

At least according to this guy , who  Marginal Revolution linked. Like I'd have any clue! (be warned, some of it is pretty gruesome, bu...

If you're ever tempted to make one of the following crimes against the English language, you should probably shoot yourself in the face....

In celebration of wagging work today, here's an awesome cartoon from The Oatmeal . Topical eczema, on the other hand - that you don'...

Stop Speaking in Bull$#!* Make sure you read the hilarious ripping on a Microsoft Press Release: Let’s turn to the granddaddy of software de...

Here's a question I was pondering recently. What's the biggest negative externality that isn't taxed? It's not going to b...

When spellcheck isn't enough " Correction: This blog post originally stated that one in three black men who have sex with me is HIV...

Of Sir Thomas More : The steadfastness and courage with which More held on to his religious convictions in the face of ruin and death and th...

My Dad has always been suspicious of dentists overservicing, giving you lots of treatments you didn't actually need. While this didn'...

Via Kottke, check out this awesome video of Justin Timberlake and Jimmie Fallon doing a rap performance.

I saw this excellent billboard ad today for the lap band. The slogan read as follows: 'Diets Fail! The Lap Band Works!' I just loved...

Still on the subject of marriage - I was out at dinner the other night with my friend OH, and two friends of his. I'd known that the two...

The great Hank Williams, singing 'Nobody's Lonesome For Me'. Hank Williams is totally excellent, and his absence was a serious g...

From a conversation with GS, a quote that I thought was awesome: "Americans are the biggest surrender-monkeys when it comes to defendin...

I recently read this great article on Slate about guys who go through used bookstores with a device that scans the barcode of books, checks...

I was watching the first episode from the new season of House the other day, and found myself irritated that they decided to repeat one of ...

Rain is the great equaliser of cars. If you're a slacker like me, it's 'Nature's Free Car Wash'. If you're diligent ...

A long time ago, my good friend AL once observed that the notion that people valued privacy was vastly overstated. As he put it, 'Give p...

I've often thought that many songs are made by a single good line. I think Coldplay's 'Yellow' is a great example of this. T...

In my experience it's a good rule of thumb that in any programming project, there will be at least one part that takes somewhere between...

Bob Dylan, describing the concept of opportunity cost: "I can tell you fancy, I can tell you plain. You give something up for everyt...