thirdofthemonth

Everyone knows what you mean when you go into a bathroom and declare that you are "going #1" or "going #2". I kind of l...

Today is the first Third of the Month in 2008. This provides us with an excellent chance to start the year off right. New state, new job, ...

Mass hysteria! The Peaches is about to get a new big sister. That's right. Somehow the boy convinced me to adopt a dog. Up until last...

Growing up in the northeast you couldn't swing a dead cat around by a rosary without hitting a Catholic church. Here in North Cacalacky...

There are three things in life that are certain: death, taxes, and the Wall Street Journal's hatred of China. China, on the other hand,...

Well, I believe it has been over a year since you last received a greeting on this day. This is not to say that I haven't been voraciou...

I have discovered that as the days draw nearer to our departure from New York, the less I am able to tolerate the thousands of indignities t...

This morning I was riding the 6 train and as I descended into the subway, I saw something that truly saddened me. An old man, probably in h...

That's what the dentist did to me today. Sure, I went in for a routine cleaning and sure, I haven't been flossing as much as I shoul...

Yesterday, somebody in my building took my copy of the Wall Street Journal. I know someone took it because it was in the hallway waiting fo...

As some of you may know, Emerson and I, along with my friend Jennifer, tried out for the second season of VH1's The World Series of Pop ...

The boy and I had a very pleasant Sunday in the sun a few days ago. We began by getting up at the ass-crack of dawn and schlepping down the...

After about a year, I have decided to return to blogging. I'm not entirely sure what prompted it but I'm certain that it has someth...

Michael Fumento, the National Review's go-to guy for science stuff, has a particularly nauseating essay in this week's issue dealin...

New Yorkers have this funny little ritual that they go through several times a week if they own cars and it goes by Alternate Side Parking ...

... is October, baby! A little later than I wanted it to be but whatever. My committee meeting went swimmingly. And in just four short mo...

To marriage equality!

I am torn by the fact that Ron Howard is not putting a disclaimer up about Opus Dei when the film gets released this month. I am torn becau...

Ah, spring has sprung. It's wet and breezy with wild temperature fluctuations and inconceivably high levels of airborne allergens. Not...

This weekend the boy and I went to the Darwin exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. I highly recommend it, and not just becau...

Last night was the best night of my life. Well, recently at least. Why? Because Ludicrous Prison Break is back on the air! It was fantas...

As you probably know, I am not a big fan of unions. Especially greedy ones. The TWU is no exception. Perhaps you all remember that strike...

I intend to return to blogging as soon as my schedule calms down a bit. I have resurfaced, however briefly, to inform everyone that I am in ...

Last night I had the pleasure of attending a dinner party in my honor thrown by what I would like to call my rich Jewess benefactor, the lov...

I am having a bad morning, and it's not because I only had toast and jam for breakfast. No, I am having a bad morning because I am wet....

The boy and I have taken to watching music videos in the morning, in order to stay apace of what the kiddies are listening to these days (or...

After a week of guest-blogging on The Volokh Conspiracy , that's about the most charitable thing I can say about her. Over the past few...

Ah, it's that time again. The fall weather is nipping at our door. Well, not today; it's like 80 degrees. But soon it will be. L...

The boy is obsessed (obsessed!) with Mariah Carey. He tries to defend it using literary theory or post-modernism or deconstructionism or so...

Last week, as many of you know, the UN was celebrating its 60th anniversary. At the same time, the fashion world was celebrating Fashion We...

I have only two google alerts set up to notify me weekly on the two topics I find near and dear to my heart; intelligent design and gay marr...

I'm almost finished with Ken Miller's fantastic book, Finding Darwin's God (which I'll probably comment on at some point), ...

It's August. It's hot as balls. I have a wicked scary talk to give in a week. And the president just said that he thinks we shoul...