Re: Punk This Library

“What”, asks Sara Brumfield of the blog Steampunk Home, “could be more steampunk than a library?”
Well, yeah, I thought, maybe Sherlock Holmes’s library–a fireplace, a lot of leatherbound books, and some comfortable armchairs–but the modern library? No way. If pressed to describe the decor of my office deep in the bowels of the University of [...]

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Re: Thank You, President Obama

It wasn’t supposed to be this way.
Two years ago, everyone knew how the election of 2008 was going to turn out. Senators John McCain and Hilary Clinton would readily crush their hopeful, but unelectable opponents in their respective primaries. Crowned with inevitable laurels, these two would go on to face each other in the general [...]

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Re: Post-Halloween Roundup

A few of the highlights of Halloween 2008:
Would you rather stick your hand in the maw of a man-eating pumpkin than hear/see one more political ad? This guy knows exactly how you feel. Be brave, my peeps. It will all be over soon.
Here, have some nice earwax on swabs–undoubtably, one of the most unappetizing appetizers [...]

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