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WE'RE NUMBER SIX! Okay, so maybe this humble blog isn't exactly setting the world on fire -- no book deals, no angry denunciations f...

RECOMMENDED: THIS AND THAT Well, ever since the evil editors at Amazon.com laid down the smack, I've needed some sort of outlet for my b...

RESTON'S DOPPLEGANGER I always suspected that my idyllic, planned community of Reston(tm) had a darker side (though I'm sure it'...

WHAT COLOR IS MY PARACHUTE? APPARENTLY, MAUVE Regular readers know about the helpful job postings that continually get e-mailed to me, whet...

I WON'T QUIT MY DAY JOB But from time to time , I actually get paid to dispense liberal doses of snark . (Note: Free but annoying regist...

VIRGINIA IS FOR H8RS At last, I have just the perfect thing to put on my Xtreme SUV as I tool around Reston(tm): a personalized license ...

MAYBE WHAT THEY NEED IS A LITTLE MORE COWBELL Well, Washington has a new daily newspaper , and already I'm underwhelmed. You see, I assu...

ET TU, BUSTER? First, they came for the Teletubbies . Then, they came for SpongeBob . And now, they're after Buster Baxter , the sna...

MY INTEGRITY WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Hey, remember that time when that journalist guy got paid $240,000 to shill for the Bush administra...

BLACK THURSDAY No, I'm not refering to the inaugural -- I'm too much of a fan of John Ashcroft's Goulet-inspired "Let t...

WHATEVER YOU DO... Don't get pulled over in Marshall County, Alabama. Meet the sheriff . I was raised in era, the 1940's as...

RECOMMENDED: SHAUN OF THE DEAD Nothing like a quiet night in with your significant other, watching a romantic movie after the kids have...

SO LONG, HFS And hola, el zol . (I don't speak Spanish, but I'm guessing that, loosely translated, "siempre de fiesta"...

MAYBE THEY'RE JUST UPSET THAT YOU CANCELED MARMADUKE Here's the most brilliant idea I've heard all week: Calling people who...

DO NOT TAUNT HAPPY FUN IPOD, EITHER See the footnote at the end of the display type touting the newest iPod's size? Here's exact...

FOR $240,000, I'D WRITE A FLATTERING PROFILE OF... WELL, OF THIS GUY Move over, Jayson Blair and our friend with the soggy cheese ...

REQUIEM FOR A MEGTRON(tm) After two years at my current job, my ca. 1994 Megtron(tm)(R) PC has finally growled menacingly at Mothra for ...

THE TRUE TRAGEDY OF IT ALL Leave it to the Post to capture the full dimensions of the devastation wrought by the tsunami last week: ...

AT LEAST IT WASN'T COL. CLAUS Oh, well. At least we didn't wait in line for two freaking hours to see Santa this year. O...

MERRY CHRISTMAS, GHANDI! As I continue my holiday shopping (though using the word "continue" suggests, perhaps incorrectly, th...

UP TO NUMBER 3,252... WITH A BULLET The scary reviews don't stop 'til we get to the top. Here's some of the take-no-prisone...

IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, I HAVE TO GO CODDLE MY LOZENGE I've let my medical degree from one of the Carribean's most prestigious ...

THIS JUST IN, PART 2 Who knew that being a journalist didn't automatically exempt you from paying taxes ? Looks like I'll be ...

THIS JUST IN Since the Post has decided to make a cause out of running shorter stories , I thought I'd help them edit down this fron...

THE VICTORS WRITE THE HISTORY BOOKS Given the calm, rational, even-handed way people have responded to the recent election, I couldn...

NOW I'M IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT Forget the Christmas decorations already beginning to pop up across the DC area's more tired-looki...

READIN' IS TOUGH. TOUGH WORK. I've joked with friends that one of the underlying, sub rosa themes of this past election is perha...

HEAL THE WORLD So, even before the election, I tried mightily to bring people together . But now, in this deeply divided country, is the...

BOO! Okay, so this maybe this isn't as scary as the previous photo . But imagine these guys up past their bedtime, on a sugar high...

AT LONG LAST, THE OCTOBER SURPRISE I think I've finally found the author of this letter to the editor . Nice to see she had a ch...

NEIGHBORHOOD BLUES I don't live in a blue state. I don't even live in a blue county. However, according to this helpful electora...

A MINOR MILESTONE I once had a coworker who invited as many people as could fit into his car to see the odometer roll over at 100,000 mi...

KINDRED SPIRITS One thing Blogger's been doing of late is adding that nifty blue bar at the top of the page, complete with the handy...

LOOKIT! SOMETHING SHINY! During a whirlwind 8-hour trip to Chicago earlier this week, I was mesmerized by this giant mirrored jellybea...

MORONS! Ever ones to be about 36 months behind the times, we got our 6-year-old daughter a scooter for her birthday. See the red warning...

I HANG MY XTREME BANDANA IN SHAME As someone who, you know, reads the newspapers every now and then, I feel a tiny bit more guilty with ...

THAT MUST HAVE BEEN ONE HELL OF A BACHELOR PARTY People always venture well into the realm of the absurd when they start planning their ...

CENSORSHIP REARS ITS UGLY HEAD A while back, I wrote about my thrilling new hobby . And, setting all false modesty aside, I'm proud ...

MORE LIBERAL MEDIA SHENNANIGANS Here's more proof I'm a member of the liberal media power elite: Yet another nuanced letter to t...

EVERYONE NEEDS A HOBBY... And it seems like mine has become having some fun with the user reviews on a certain bookselling site that sh...

A LITTLE LIGHT READING Here's my most recent example of the writing I actually get paid to do , which, sadly, I manage to crank out ...

I WAS YOUNG, AND I NEEDED THE MONEY Something tells me it's time to update my ancient Monster.com search agent, which I think I sign...

MAYBE THEY'LL GREENLIGHT GHOSTBUSTERS 3... For the first time in a decade, I shaved my beard (it took nearly that long to grow out)....

POINT-COUNTERPOINT During this pivotal time in our nation's history, I'm thankful the Interweb net machine thingy is being used ...