Petty Annoyances

I don't get any pleasure out of saying this - but don't you think it is patently clear that the Metroid protagonist Samus was made f...

This year, Entertainment Weekly published a whole issue of lists. Best 100 Movies of the last 25 years. Best 100 books, music albums, TV sho...

What Use is a James Bond Blu Ray Boxed Set that features 6 Completely Random Bond Movies? This happens all the time. You get six random Bond...

Why is no one talking about immortality? How come it isn't on the agenda? How come all this progress on decoding the genome and sequenci...

At first they were a curiosity. A novelty. They popped up in the bathrooms of the rich - I don't know how long ago - and have since been...

I was off in an exotic and dangerous part of the world when an extremely mundane thing happened to me. Maybe a hotel waiter gave me profusiv...

Like many Americans, you've long thought about learning a second language. Perhaps you're a college student and want to take a langu...

Mario Batali Update Loyal readers know that I intensely dislike Mario Batali the chef. His sin was that he composed the most asinine, incohe...

Here's the story. I really really like pistachios. They're definitely in my nut top 5. They share elite space with cashews and pecan...

" This is the future of book reading. It will be everywhere. " - Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball and Liar's Poker. You know...

What the hell happened to Dana Carvey? Look at him! How is he younger than he was 20 years ago, and female?

Time for another round of those niggling, nagging questions I have about life and the universe. Any help here would be appreciated. 1. Why d...

If I have to hear this cautionary marketing tale one more time, I may just start slitting throats. I don't know what gets me more - a) t...

I loathe these ads. These anti-smoking TV commercials produced by Thetruth.com. Oh the arrogance. Oh, the preachiness. There are several var...

You can imagine how excited I was as the nurse held up the full syringe of morphine, doing the little tap-tap on the tip to produce that dri...