Stolen from Flickr without credits, so sue me. Keep Austin Weird takes on a whole new meaning on Halloween. I swear I wish people would jus...

If my life was a book, it would have many chapters. Most of them are short. The current one is long and rather boring, but things are abou...

Tater Tot is designed very efficiently for maximum pleasure stroking. Notice the clearly-defined stripes on his head. Those are your guide...

Seriously. Prop. 19 in California, the ballot measure to legalize marijuana (well, to a large degree), is the one I have my eye on most clo...

Some Democrats In Name Only don't get no respect. And it's not because they aren't real Democrats with real progressive values;...

We have about a week remaining in this circus known as the 2010 mid-term elections. Not long after President Obama took office I started to...

It's a cloudy and drizzly Saturday -- perfect for sitting here making a list for a meme! I thought this would be a fun meme to do. I fr...

I was just thinking that the Tot showed up here in mid-October and I couldn't remember what year. After digging through digital photos ...

Say whatever you want about climate change . Go ahead; call it a hoax. Say it's a mass conspiracy by the scientific community to drum ...

I'm wearing purple today, even thought I probably won't even leave the house. It's the least I can do to express my frustratio...

What? Because I wanted to hear some New Order, I'm suddenly a drug addict needing help?

Question of the Day: What was your favorite album on 8-track tape? Mine was Led Zeppelin III. That's about all I remember having on 8-tr...

I am so spent from the workweek that I can't even caption these. But that worked in my favor in terms of thinking of a clever post titl...

Paul Krugman of the New York Times, writing about the "Mortgage Morass," says Happy Friday, ya'll. True to form, the Obama ad...

Mississippi...not so much. But what's up with Oregon?? Data research from OK Trends. Link to site embedded in the graphic. Beware of so...

First of all, let's do a Songs From My Head segment since I've had this little ditty stuck in it most of the afternoon. Whoa! Whole...

At least, the few that remain. Earlier this week, txrad purged the yard of most sunflowers. The entire backyard was full of them and by now...

So it's kind of interesting that I would choose to redesign my blog header during a time when I'm so listless and uninspired I can...

Sweet Pea has been spending a bit of time on the door mat lately. Tiger does as well, and it's kind of funny when they are both on it b...