. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron “AS LONG AS WERE GANGING UP ON OHIO” EDITION The shortest street in the world – McKinley Street, located in Bellefontaine, Ohio – measures just 17 feet. Today’s Mood Photo Credit: Jerez del Toro

I have taken a huge step in my slow march to habituation. I got a French cellphone. You were expecting something more profound? Until recently, I had been using my iPhone 2.0 with AT&T, which was useful when I could find free wifi, or for the occasional text message, but not good for much else but [...]

a yearlong diary in three-line poems by Jeff Rogers, day 62 Phone Bank in a Pico Rivera Garage The dad plants skeleton arms in the front lawn, while back in garage, flanked by a grill And tools hanging on hooks, a shopping cart stuffed with old clothes, pizza and wings Getting cold in night air, [...]

From the comments of Ryan Dixon’s Fierce Anticipation, in which he laid out a video argument for just how bad Cleveland sucks (especially when compared to Pittsburgh). Jersey Joe: Cleveland is a rather clean and quiet city, but has very passionate sports fans [...] When you say Cleveland to most Pittsburgh fans, they immediately think [...]

So I want to come clean, because last week I said that CH and I didn’t argue over our differences. That was a lie, because we have hit one HUGE roadblock in our relationship as parents from two very different cultures. It’s actually rather hard for me to talk about in this venue, because I [...]

jenny from Cali guessed correctly again. This time that yesterday’s lyric was from “American Woman” by Lenny Kravitz as covered for the Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack. I cannot stress this enough: Sooooooooooooooo annoying! But on to Black Artist Thursday, which is really just going to be Multi-Racial Artist on an R&B [...]

Damn you, Carnegie Mellon. Damn you to hell for not having roving snackbots when I was a hungry, hungry grad student at your university. Your fundraisers are going to get a jealous earful the next time they call up looking for a donation to the School of Drama. If you also feel like getting real [...]

. a blogumn by Roya Hamadani I know that fall has really begun when my car starts to skid on the wet leaves in front of my house.  That’s when the hot, stagnant humid summer of Pittsburgh gives way to rainy day after rainy day, and the kind of gusting wind that brings down tree [...]

a yearlong diary in three-line poems by Jeff Rogers, day 61 Happy Birthday Dad Dad turned seventy yesterday, home from the hospital, on the mend. Good strawberries for his breakfast and appetite returning. Looked out From back porch at South Carolina island marsh, high tide.

Wow. This guy wins the geeky crown for like the whole year. [Source: Geekologie]