Unless you’ve been in a coma for some time, you know today is Election Day here in the United States.  All the madness of the campaigns has led up to this, and with any luck at all, it’ll all be over tonight.

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It’s finally here, the greatest holiday of all!
While this has been a rough month for me both in terms of disposable income and costume inspiration, I did manage to get something together.  I suspect I am the only one in my building wearing a costume today.  Here I am, your local mad scientist, member of […]

For some reason, I’ve been having trouble getting into the spirit of things this year for my favorite holiday of all.  But this morning, I got a little help from the great Christopher Walken.  Here he reads my favorite poem, Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven,” accompanied by the illustrations of Ryan Price.
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I have long bemoaned the lack of a true pub to visit since I moved to Oklahoma City in the late 1990s.  I used to live in Austin, and was a regular at a local pub, every Thursday night like clockwork.  I loved the atmosphere, the food, the beer, and the people.  Up here, the […]

Avast, me hearties!  Tomorrow is International Talk Like a Pirate Day!  This is one of my absolute favorite holidays, and I plan to speak in all manner of piratical idiom whenever possible.  I encourage you to celebrate your pirate heritage (whether you have any or not… a true pirate would just take the heritage by […]

One of the perks of working for a law school is being able to go to some interesting lectures and debates.  Granted, I don’t personally have much interest in legal issues; the reason I took this job had much more to do with an open position and a salary than learning about the law.  But […]

After a fun day out and about this past Saturday, my daughter and I were in need of food.  When asked what she wanted to eat, Brianna requested either sushi or pizza (she is very much my daughter!).  Wanting to stay somewhat within my budget for the weekend, I opted for the latter, and suggested […]

The fine folks over at MINE have pointed us at the only real choice for the 2008 election: Saul Tigh and Laura Roslin.

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I got a much bigger souvenir of my Texas vacation than I had planned.
We drove down to Houston from Oklahoma City a week ago, nine or so hours on the road. That’s about my limit for a day’s solid driving. As it turned out, that was the car’s limit as well. I […]

So the mechanic called this evening while we were at dinner.  He did manage to get the car running again, but the engine still makes a terrible racket and he’s pretty sure there’s significant damage there.  He said it’s ok to drive around town here, but that I should not attempt to drive it back […]