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This American Life Is Back

Not that it ever left, but when they took down a fan site where you could get all the episodes as free podcasts I stopped being able to listen.  But they’ve ditched their pay deal with Audible.com and are now avaliable as a free weekly podcast that you can get with iTunes or anything else […]

At Least They Don’t Fry Cats Anymore

In response to the question, “what are you optimistic about?”, Professor Steven Pinker talks about the centuries long decline in the amount of violence that we humans see fit to inflict on one another.  It seems like an initially odd statement, given the nightly news coverage of everything from Iraq to Darfur, but his argument […]

Greatest - Football Game - Ever

If you missed Boise State’s insane victory over Oklahoma people will likely be filling you in on the details for the rest of your life because it was, put simply, the greatest football game ever played.  Sound like an exaggeration?  Let’s briefly look at the evidence.
Football has certainly had it’s share of incredible finishes, from […]

Seinfeld @ Bass Hall

We seem to have a lot of good friends who end up with extra tickets to things, which is pretty much the best arrangement imaginable.  This time it was Seinfeld’s show at Bass Hall or whatever this particular wing of the Bass Empire is properly titled.  What I can tell you about the Bass Whatever, […]

Movin’ Meat: Delicate Situation

Today’s discovery is a special one going out to the doctor, but there’s no reason the rest of you can’t enjoy an ER story about things stuck where they don’t belong.
Movin’ Meat: Delicate Situation