This year, litbrit Glinda the Good Witch of the North, along with two Wicked Witches, read spooky stories to Son Three's classmates at ...

The move from St. Pete back to Ruskin is almost complete. In the distant past, when a phase of my life came to a close, I'd get all sen...

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign? - Albert Einstein I took this photo today, shor...

When I was a punky young thing trapped in the body of blowdried blonde advertising chick, I used to drive to work listening to Holidays in t...

So this is the new Terrorism Busters logo, as designed by one of the top secret, ah, graphic artists at the CIA. No, this isn't a faux ...

I was surprised and delighted to learn that I've been nominated for a Florida Netroots Award for Best Writer. Genuine surprise and girl...

More 1973 goodness, with Jean Luc Ponty. Bon weekend, everyone. (H/T bongolamp )

Defendant Michael Antonio Webb (6 feet, 3 inches tall, 315 pounds), of Columbia, MD, charged with second-degree assault on his girlfriend, w...

I want to apologize for allowing two Fridays to go by without sharing a single FZ song. Instead of offering a dozen valid but nonetheless bo...

This version of Mozart's Symphony No.25 In G Minor seems a tiny bit slower and less wild than the one I've got in my car, which is b...

All of my posts about food safety and import issues at-a-glance, with links and excerpts. They're listed chronologically, most recent f...

So this is what we agreed on for the school run this morning. Something loud to get us moving; something funky, something grooving. Becaus...

Michael Vollbracht and Me, October 11, 2007 Back in the day, meaning the late 1970's and early 1980's, a hot American designer named...

Dear Vice President Gore, You, sir, are my Nobel hero ! OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmen...

Oh, how I love this wicked lament. TRex turned me on to Amy Winehouse this summer, so I dedicate this song to him. Two days to forty-seven...

Six holiday shopping seasons ago, the question on many toy-buyers' minds was whether to go with the God Bless America Barbie or the Uni...

Before: After: Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa? Or is this your way to hide a broken heart? Many dreams have been brought to your d...

Behold the female cheetah : athlete supreme, fearless predator, and mother. When out for a run, she's capable of going from 0 to 68 mil...

Photo by Itinerant . Why San Francisco? So many reasons, but so little time before the decision gets made, given that 2008 will be an extra...

One early morning in 1981, I was on my way to the reliably decent waves of an inlet nicknamed "The Blowhole", speeding through the...