So much badvertising in the world. I feel like I ought to give people credit when they get it right. As the folks with West Virginia Tourism have clearly done.

Well, the campaign is officially back on track. As you know, I’m running for president, and I’d like your vote. My campaign is all about the importance of teaching, and the latest platform plank addresses the critical issue of what to teach. One size does not fit all, and if we’re to actually become the sort of truly great society

Well, no, but it’s only a matter of time. They’re so feckin’ desperate for money that they hopped into bed with Brian Grazer, the old newshound who … uhhh, no, that’s not right, either, is it? Seriously, can anybody here tell me what the hell is going on out there? From what I can see it’s sort of a Hollywood-scale

Imagine. It’s 6:28 am. You slowly rise through the many-layered fog of sleep, edging toward wakening, toward daylight, your body’s clock instinctively anticipating the impending blare of the alarm. As consciousness fans away the haze, realization hits like a drum of icewater and you bolt up in bed screaming. It wasn’t a dream. Oh, gods… You really are the head

I went to see the 2007 George Gamow Lecture at CU last night, where the speaker was Harvard physics wiz Lisa Randall. (BTW, how cool is it being in a place where a freakin’ physics lecture can draw 1,500 people?) Dr. Randall studies particle physics and cosmology, and as the link explains, her talk last night focused on some of

Check this thoroughly – the list of potentially affected foods is pretty large, and apparently some dogs have died after eating tainted food. Please pass this around to people on your lists….

Old Man hammering at his tree again. Looking for something, all day every day. Filling up the woods with his racket. Woodpecker: Divinity is rhythm. Listen, as I drum my way to Heaven. Legbone just laughs that laugh of his. Coyote: Smile at the moon and she’ll smile back. Hover and growl, is the path to Grrrvana.

I, Sam Smith, hereby pledge not to apologize, now or ever, because somebody else is an idiot. This bit from ESPN.com illustrates how stupid we’ve gotten here in the Puritan States of America: Cavs’ Pollard apologizes for on-air remark Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland Cavaliers center Scot Pollard looked into the camera during a recent game and said, “Hey kids,

You know, before the Internets, we really – honestly – had NO IDEA just how much pent-up human stupidity there was in the world. We suspected it, but damn, now we have proof…. [THX: jentifred]

Last night one of our local PBS stations, KBDI-12 (whose GM, the inimitable Dr. Wick Rowland, was my dissertation chair at CU) ran The Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus. The 1968 event “comprised two concerts on a circus stage, and included acts such as Eric Clapton, The Who, John Lennon, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and Jethro Tull. John Lennon

Full moon. Snow field, vast beneath the mountain. Coyote: to understand the truth of people, study their contradictions.

By now, you’ve probably heard that Brad Delp, the iconic voice of Boston, is dead at 55. It’s a little hard for me to find the right words to mark his passing, although I feel compelled to do so. May I be forgiven if I sound defensive, but the fact is that if you’ve tracked the musical path I have

Did you see this assault with a deadly weapon in the Ranger-Islanders game last night? Chris Simon should be suspended for life, and he needs to be arrested and booked this morning as soon as the police can get to his house. No sport should tolerate an intentional swinging stick shot to the face, and I’m not the least bit

Solomon out after restoring order at St. Bonaventure Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — St. Bonaventure coach Anthony Solomon was dismissed Thursday after a 7-22 season, the fourth straight year the Bonnies lost 19 or more games. (Story.) Solomon is a very nice guy. But I’ve seen no evidence that he has any business at all as a head coach. He

sirpaulsbuddy and nokomisjeff are discussing whether or not The Byrds are the greatest ever American band over on Jim’s blog. I remember this debate cranking up around me when I was in college, but this was in 1980 or so, and thus the answers have no doubt changed. I’m not sure exactly what my list would look like right now,