Vlog 024: In reality I am only about 80% sure I don’t have senile dementia.

Survivor: Samoa, week five

Ah, the good ol’ Gross-Ass Smoothie challenge. Of all the Survivor challenge archetypes I think the Gross-Ass Smoothie is probably the cruellest. There’s a very strong sense of, just get it down you wussies. Gawd! Anyone can suffer through something gross, right? Well, no, not really; no more than people can just magically be […]

The odds of various characters living to see the end of A Song of Ice and Fire

Based on the same information everyone else has, plus some speculation and bias on my part:

Bronn of the Blackwater … 0% Cersei Lannister … 0% Jamie Lannister … 38% Tyrion Lannister … 86% Loras Tyrell … 9% Margaery Tyrell … 13% Moon Boy … 94% Stannis Baratheon … 0% Melisandre … 0% Asha Greyjoy […]

Thank you, sir, for not killing me.

People love hearing this story when I tell it in person. Who knows if it’ll have the same effect in text, but here goes.

My dog’s name is Edgar. Most people, upon hearing the name, furrow their brow and respond with something like “Edgar? What kind of name is Edgar?” I guess in their mind’s […]

Ain’t random.

From 2005 to 2008 I maintained a blog about my experiences working in the drug test industry. Every Saturday I revive one of those experiences here. The following was originally posted September 20, 2006.

Ain’t random. “I’m here for a random drug test, man.”

He says random sarcastically, and makes mock quotes with […]

spontaneity

Like everyone else on the internet, I once teamed up with an artist to make a webcomic. It didn’t get very far, but I’ll share one here each Friday until there aren’t anymore. Enjoy.

How to write an episode of Tru Blood.

Step One: Determine which two characters will interact. The standard method of doing this is to put up a dartboard withthe cast’s pictures on, but in a pinch you may throw a die and consult the following chart:

Sookie Sam Bill Tara Jason Lafayette

If you come up with the same character twice, just have […]

Books worth re-reading.

A wise man once said: a good book is worth reading. A great book is worth re-reading.

Actually I have no idea if anyone wise ever said that, but it’s true.

Right now what I’m re-reading is A Song of Ice and Fire, for the second time. These books, and the world they explore, are […]

Even

They say bad things happen to good people. Well, good things happen to good people too — but no one complains about that.

An investment banker cheats on his fifth wife with some gold-digging floozy, and the universe doesn’t care. Not one bit. Gnash your teeth about it if you want, demonize him until your […]

So not the drama.

I don’t know what terrible thing I did to Peanut to make her want to leave me for the next ten days, but apparently I’m on my own. Here’s hoping she doesn’t return to find me a starving, gibbering mess.

So scientists have done this super-cool thing where they rammed something big, heavy and solid […]