Is it worth doing jail time to become a legendary tagger at the ripe old age of 18? Francisco Canseco is probably about to find out. "Tagging" is sometimes used to mean "graffiti" in general, but more specifically refers to…
Boing Boing linked the other day to use sparingly, a tumblr that is sort of like a "Devil's Dictionary" of modern business jargon. For example: There's also mockery of terms like "pain points," "mindshare," "ecosystem" (when not used to mean a…
The Kansas City Public Library has posted a few photos from my book talk/signing event there on May 6th. This one shows me talking about the Delaware law banning “punt guns.” I didn’t crop out the audience heads at the…
I wanted to put the word "second" right in the headline so I wouldn't give the impression that this woman just flew off the handle and opened fire because McDonald's got her first burger order wrong. That would have been…
Mindy Kaling gave the commencement speech at Harvard Law. It's really good. The BBC says three men convicted of stealing some bread trays from a bakery will serve at least three years each for the crime. That probably seems like a heavy…
At long last, you can now download The Emergency Sasquatch Ordinance—here's the link to the Amazon page. They claim you can have it on your device in less than a minute, so good news if you just sat down on the…
Oh dear. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player All the action happens off-screen, but reportedly it was the judge throwing punches. His conduct on (and off) the bench is terrible, but it also seems like it was a bad idea for…
You may have heard that "the Rain City Superhero Movement is over," as its leader Phoenix Jones announced the other day in Seattle (KING5 News; thanks, Mark). But the news is not quite that dire. Turns out that RCSM will be…
Looks like it's safe to go back to using the symbol for pi on t-shirts, at least for now. Someone whose initials are P.I. managed to get the symbol (followed by a period) registered as a trademark, and where there's…
If you’re really good at deep meditation it can be hard to tell.