No, no, I’m not making a left-handed reference to either the esteemed Mr. Roark, his little buddy, Tattoo, or even Fantasy Island; I’m talking about the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. I remember avidly watching this over the years (when I was younger), then casually for a while, and again more when my kids were [...]

That post about the noncommercial mashup album that combined Green Day’s American Idiot with sources as varied as Dr Who — that I said would be taken down… has been taken down. Warner Records must fear any rerecordings of any material they hold claim to.
In a related note, there is a planned [...]

I like to tell folks that I went to college not so much for the stuff I was gonna learn, but to be able to hang with a higher class of derelict, oh, and for the beer mostly for the beer.
Now, lo these many years later, I know that I was right. Especially when [...]

Just in case you want to protect your laptop from people who look at your laptop case and THINK you have a laptop, here’s the perfect disguise…

A laptop case that’s made out of a real Pizza box.
Nobody will ever suspect you of carrying a pizza around, day after day.

Pizzabox carrying case. [...]

Ever find yourself sitting in front of the idiot box endlessly flipping through to find something worth watching? if so, you are not alone. Most of us do that. And all of us have the same thought running through our heads while doing it, “If only I had one more channel, there would be [...]

You heard me right. If you want to eat out with me, you have got to have a way cool that comes with the meal. I’m semi-serious about that, actually. You see, I wrote the book (and a whole bunch of articles) on fast food toys.
No really, I actually did. In fact, it’s all right [...]

Anyone out there (besides me, I mean) watching Medium (NBC, Monday nights 9 P.M. on the East Coast)? Sure, sure it isn’t as whip-smart-cool as Lost, or Sexy/sordid as Desperate Housewives, but it is entertaining, and doesn’t require a great deal of thought or emotional attachment to enjoy.
Anyway, did you see it this past week [...]