The House of Substance

Once again I got to go to Vij's for a meal. God bless December being three-cheque month, among other windfalls I am grateful for. This...

Telepathic Ed on cats: I saw Puss In Boots at "Tropicana Cinemas" at Trop and Pecos (buck fifty) enjoyable for all kids. I belonge...

Another of The Man's plans to keep the common people down: Chile's Supreme Court has ordered a newspaper to pay $125,000 to 13 peopl...

That last looks pretty good sideways:

I went to see Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as a holiday treat. I haven't read the novel. The film is ferociously complicated: it's no...

Look with envy upon the various hints contained in this glorious treasure.

At Christmas time the family’s glad As that’s when Santa fucks your dad. But what’s that bag of presents for? It’s because your mom’s a whor...

Yes, that is correct, you can replace the head of the архітектура department with a handful of brightly-coloured balloons. The construction...

Via the office photocopier, so um, it looks less appetizing? More appetizing? Anyway IT IS CHOCOLATE.

How many lame scheduled posts can you expect over the holidays? I don't know, but this is one.

Sometimes when you're writing you want to hold on to the funny thing and put it right at the very end of what you're doing where it ...

Dear parents: Cars 2 is the only Pixar film I endured rather than watched. It is bad. To up the Google juice for this post I wanted to add...

Over at Crooked Timber there's a link to some Ross Douthat bullshit all about how something or other God God God: For Hitchens, those ...

Mark Steyn looks to Jonah Goldberg for guidance: Amidst the torrent of commentary on the Second Coming of Newt, Jonah’s point is worth consi...

A battle is being fought, of almost cosmically non-spiritual import: Just a couple of weeks ago -- the weekend before Thanksgiving, in fact ...