IT'S ON: Andy Lloyd of the always-excellent Pathetic Earthlings blog challenges my prediction that Clay Aiken will win the American I...

YES, BUT WILL HE TALK ABOUT PRACTICE? The bad news: the Sixers were eliminated from the playoffs last night. The good news: that means...

MCNOWN NO LONGER PERSON, PLACE OR THING: San Francisco 49er quarterback Cade McNown, 26, was released from the team today , possibly signal...

DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK: Within a half hour yesterday, both How Appealing and this blog invoked the band EMF , the Epsom Mad Funkers...

SHE ONLY HAS EYES FOR YOU: As a followup to my pre-baby inquiry , several helpful readers scoured the web and assembled the data demonstrat...

ITEM! Some summary thoughts on the cultural week that was, before normal blogging resumes: Jayson Blair and Stephen Glass : Can I just...

I'M GONNA WATCH YOU SHINE: While I don't intend for this weblog to being a diary of new fatherhood -- I'm not that good with pe...