I just saw this photo on the Gulf News – it’s our former beach in Dubai, the Jumeirah Free Beach. It’s pretty different now. The whole arcing marina is new …

Weird, I remember the “new” Universal Studios logo for its 75th year.
Guess that was 25 years ago …

I bought my darling Jetta nine years and about four lifetimes ago …

I registered the Jetta today and discovered in the last year I drove 5045 miles.
That’s not even 100 miles a week!

If any of you visited the site on Wednesday, saw the redirection to the SOPA Strike website and were confused or worried, I apologize.
It was a late-night, last-minute decision to …

Just because I like a good protest, this site’s going dark as part of SOPA Strike.
So when it hits midnight you’re going to see some serious shit.

I thought this was a fascinating take on the Burj being in the new Mission: Impossible movie: “The Burj Khalifa two years later: With help from Hollywood, the world’s tallest …

Looks like I spoke too soon! Apparently the U.S. Mint is not going to make any more of the Presidential $1 Coins for circulation, check out this article from three …

I used to follow coins and collecting more. With so many changes recently in pennies, nickles and quarters my numismatic interest has severely waned.
First we had the 50 State Quarters …

At some point I’d like to sit down and put together a “Year in Review” for 2011 – it’d be a doozie.
Until then here are some fun facts about Maine …

You might have heard how the other week the Florida Family Association protested Lowe’s advertising on TLC’s “All-American Muslim” show until they canceled their ads. Protests on the order of …

We talking about this almost two years ago (see SarcMark).
Check out this article from the Washington Post: “Should sarcasm have its own font style?”
I may be guilty of using the …

Lowe’s has sunk below Walmart in corporate crassness: “All-American Muslim Meets an Un-American Advertising Pullout“.
Lowe’s pulled its ads following a protest campaign from the Florida Family Association, which objects to …

The last few years it’s been harder and harder to get slide film developed. As you all may remember, the last lab in the world to process Kodachrome stopped a …

Oh my: “Religious imagery jeopardizes Hacker’s Hill funding“.

This is a weird, weird idea: “Goodbye, Sidewalks: London Planners Break Down Boundaries Between Cars and Pedestrians“.
Exhibition Road in London—a half-mile strip in the city’s cultural heart that draws 11 …

In the last month we’ve wondered quite a bit about Sadie’s handedness, as Liz and I are both lefties.
Here’s an interesting Wall Street Journal article today that’s scary: “The Health …

Six decades ago today was the attack on Pearl Harbor Naval Base, which led President Franklin Roosevelt on December 8 to give a speech to a joint session of Congress …

Wow, so apparently this one illustrator – James Niehues – does like, every ski resort map painting ever.
Wow.

Maine and all of the northeast make out well when it comes to doctors. Check out this Washington Post article: “Where are the doctors?”
Apparently by 2020, the US will be …