Workman's Waste of Time

Phil Hoffman, circa 1982 I woke up Sunday morning to the news Philip Seymour Hoffman had died, and the news hurt more than a normal c...

I heard Jon Stewart say something funny today and I thought it would make a good ringtone. So here it is: http://traffic.libsyn.com/faroepod...

You win, Grandparents (and Patti), we had an Easter egg hunt, and we made a video of it, and now you're posting it here. I don't kno...

A month or two ago, I was waxing nostalgic for an old George Michael tune. Apparently, Iron And Wine were, too. Here's what they did wit...

Back in the ‘90s, I used to perform with a sketch troupe and we had a regular gig at the Comedy Store on Sunset. During that time, we saw a ...

Today's "The Story with Dick Gordon" features an interview with me about my love of some far-distant islands and the origins o...

The part of me that wishes I was cool doesn’t want to feel any resonance with this particular artist. But tonight I must grudgingly admit th...

In reverse order, the three lamest New Year's Eves ever: 3. 1996-1997, Downtown Los Angeles. Having rubber bullets shot at me by LAPD ri...

You may have noticed the banner ad at the top of our blog and wondered just why it urges you to vote now. That's a good question, and I...

And with that, NaBloPoMo is over. Much to my surprise, I actually made it. I posted 30 times in 30 days, which is about twice the output th...

I'll just come right out and say I don't like the holidays, at least not since I became a working adult. It has been a slow realizat...

Oh crap... almost out of time for today. So here's something, Eliza really seems to be talking a lot these days, which is impressive bec...

There appears to be no end to the strange television produced under communism. I still have no idea what precisely these people are supposed...

One of the funnest things about doing my podcast about the Faroe Islands is getting to meet fun and interesting people. One such person is J...

I know I just spilled a few million pixels bagging on Thanksgiving, but I actually like it in theory, if not in practice. So in the traditio...

Oh crap! It's late in the day and I've not written here. Not much time to write anything profound (although it has never stopped me ...

As soon as somebody starts a sentence with, "last night I had a dream that...", it's time to start ignoring that person. They...

So there's this group of friends of mine who were really close for many years but we've since been scattered to the four winds and...

In basketball, soccer, and (if you're the kicker) in football, having mastery of the flop is an essential skill. I was not aware, howeve...

This is a photo from one of the more amusing moments from the summer. We had friends over and someone turned on the sprinkler and that'...