/ A Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron SPECIAL POST-DEBATE EDITION The first presidential debate between Ford and Carter on September 23, 1976 was interrupted & delayed 27 minutes due to technical difficulties; for nearly half an hour, both candidates stood in silence at their respective podiums.

. A blogumn by Stephanie Myers According to Slate Magazine: The typical parent, when whacking a misbehaving child, doesn’t pause to wonder: “What does science have to say about the efficacy of corporal punishment?” If they are thinking anything at all, it’s: “Here comes justice!” … [S]cience…shows that corporal punishment is like smoking: It’s a [...]

. A blogumn by Monique King-Viehland Chris Rock Says, “Vote for the guy with one house!” Chris Rock, an avid supporter of Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama, spoke with CNN’s Larry King last Thursday.  He said that Obama was more grounded with your average American — not somebody like McCain with “12 houses.” “The other [...]

. An advice blogumn by Andy Allen and Kalimba Bennett Dear He Said/Then She Said, I am a freelance audio engineer, constantly involved in one or two day jobs on short notice and building a reputation. I recently worked a job that was a disaster. Turns out I made a techincal blunder that rendered all [...]

. A blogumn by Brian Pelfrey I am perusing the newspaper archives from all over the universe going back to the days of the Galactic Empire for a headline that says: “Black Market in Recession–Illegal Lenders Near Collapse, Underworld Economists Say.” I am about to give up the search (well…there’s always The Onion). But seriously, [...]

. An Unexpected Argument by Brian Viehland I recently received an email entitled “Bar Stool Economics” that tried to relate a bar tab to taxes. The summary was that 10 men drank together daily and one rich man was paying to offset several of the poor men’s beer. When the bartender gave the group a [...]

Alright, Zacki from Tall Glass of Shame guessed correctly that yesterday’s lyric was “Last Nite” by The Strokes. But today is a new day, and it’s all about this group who’s second album is WAY better than their first. The critics and their fans might not agree with me, but I know the truth. Anyway [...]

We have SO much good stuff for you today, so I’m ceding my usual 5:30am spot to “Guess the Lyric” in order to get everything in. Trust me, much more interesting than listening to me rant about how I will absolutely, never, ever, ever watch Paris Hilton’s new reality show, “My New BFF.” But just [...]

Remember that awesome twice-mentioned writer’s conference that I was barely able to attend because of the IVF egg retrieval that happened smack dab in the middle of the weekend? Well, I just want to say that not only was the Los Angeles Southern California Writer’s Conference MORE than kind about re-scheduling all of my agent and editor appointments, [...]

Okay, tomorrow is going to be a super-full, awesome, awesome day of blogs, so we won’t have space for a DVR Alert, but just want to make sure that you set your DVRs for Wednesday: Two (in my opin) underappreciated shows are coming back: Private Practice, ABC, 9-10pm: I have two-fold reasons for watching this [...]