Ramblings on politics, film, music, literature, current events, pop culture, lists, dirty words, trapezoids, birds, cartoons and any other damned thing that strikes my synapses...

After loss, a renewal. Last year's tsunami wiped out towns, washed away roads, and literally carved new coastlines across Southeast Asia. The waves also reshaped the political landscape in Indonesia...

Day three of Pop-Ed. You know what that means? Neither do I. I do know that it's prom season and when I read Boston.com's piece this morning entitled, it made me laugh and think back to my awkward junior year at Clinton High...

It s always going to be a weird one - Christmas when you don t really know anyone or have anywhere in particular to go...

The Problem In a word, Katrina. The hurricane nearly destroyed Carnival Brands' manufacturing facility in Jefferson Parish, New Orleans....

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:01:03 -0600 by @ Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:01:03 -0600 Columbian - Dierks Bentley spent his first two albums stamping his freewheeling personality onto a variety of country music styles, from traditional honky tonk to spirited bluegrass to...

Well, no problem with that! The boogie woogie caught up with us in Scotland! Oh yes, what happened after the ten days tentwashing? Well, the day after we folowed the M1 motorway to Edinburg...