Wow, two whole months of reading or listening to books every week. Glorious! Of all the indulgences I could have allowed myself this year, I can’t think of one better than this. That all said, her are my thoughts on A GOOD YEAR by Peter Mayle. Why I Decided To Read It: I make it [...]

Here’s the situation: no one guessed correctly that yesterday’s lyric was from “On Our Own” by Bobby Brown as sung for Ghostbusters II, so now we’re tied. Yay! But moving on to the redubbed Cheesetastic Thursday in our Black Male Artist Theme Week. On his own or with his brothers, this singer is not necessarily [...]

Is two-way toothpaste a clever idea or just ridiculous? I can’t decide. Sound off in the comments! And click on the pic for more info. [Source: LikeCool]

. a blogumn by Roya Hamadani In my opinion, food is major source of comfort and is sometimes abused as an inappropriate coping mechanism because food, unlike people, doesn’t mess with your emotions, refuse to communicate, or break up with you via text.  For instance, food doesn’t write you an email saying he did not [...]

a yearlong diary in three-line poems by Jeff Rogers, day 186 LA’s Emerald Jewelry It’s never more clear than after weeks of rain that LA’s been thrown down Into the bowls made by mountains — while I drive the freeways that thread them, My eyes thrill to the emerald green that rises above buildings and [...]

You know, I actually don’t have any problems with Taylor Swift. She writes her own songs and she’s pretty clear about who she it. More power to her. But I do love this parody, which encourages teens to choose “fierce over bland” — i.e. Gaga over Swift. [Source: Jezebel]

. a web comic by Missy Kulik Click on the comic to see Nilla (aka Super Paws) IRL!

I found the Jezebel response to the fantastic Paul Krugman piece in the New Yorker interesting. Basically Irin Carmon asks if the wives of great male writers should get more credit. Krugman’s wife, Robin Wells, a fellow economist, edits Krugman’s piece and can be credited with making him less dry and more appealing to the [...]

So no one guessed correctly that yesterday’s lyric was from “Save Tonight” by Eagle Eye Cherry, and now I’m only one point behind. Will I catch up to you today with Soundtrack Wednesday in our Black Male Artist Week? We shall see… I actually loved this song way more than I loved the movie sequel [...]

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron DOWN UNDER EDITION Only two countries (Australia and New Zealand) south of the equator have ever won medals at the Olympic Winter Games.