Somewhere -- wherever he is buried, I suppose -- Mario Puzo is rolling over in his grave. Even he couldn't have made up this story about one of Italy's most wanted henchmen, Pasqual Manfredi, who was caught by police earlier today w...

Tyra Banks, you’re so mean. On last night’s episode of “America’s Next Top Model,” TyTy had the models stomp the runway in sexy, tight Rachel Roy gowns, while huge clock gongs swung at them. I suppose it was meant to be an exercise ...

I suppose that I really shouldn't encourage the endless array of legislators taking to the floor of the House Of Representatives to talk about matters...

Part Four: Making the problem worse   I said earlier that the fundamental reason for namespaces in the first place was organization of types into a hierarchy, not separation of two things with similar names. But suppose you are pu...

Section: Mac Software, Games That’s a hard way to get here, I suppose, but a welcome addition nonetheless. Indie game company Ludosity Interactive has announced the release of Bob Came in Pieces 1.3 for Macintosh. Previously releas...

I suppose you have to get pretty jaded before you can find the current health care debate in Congress to be amusing. OK… call me jaded. I have long since given up hope that the assembled clowns, crooners, swindlers and shouters on t...

Good Morning. Do you suppose Brett Favre has finished his NCAA tournament brackets yet, or is he still procrastinating? And for those of us who are all prepared for Day One of the tourney, let's have a moment of honesty. Just betwee...

In my last post, I talked about how /tr/ and /dr/ are often pronounced as [r] and [r], and asked why this might happen. But I forgot to write about the question I’m actually more interested in. Here’s the deal. Suppose there were no...

Darby in the former goat pen No, I didn't eat Leprechaun stew for St. Patrick's Day, but I did discover a delectable green called miner's lettuce growing wild all over my yard, mostly in the super-fertilized former goat pen. Suppose...

Industry, General Electric (GE)General Electric (GE) used to be a blue chip. Well, I suppose you could argue it still is one, but you have to admit it hasn't acted like one for a while. Remember when the stock hit a sin...

CLASSY.... I suppose it's safe to say we won't be hearing the phrase "compassionate conservatism" again anytime soon. Supporters and opponents of health care reform assembled outside Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy's (D-Ohio) office yesterday, ...

The other day, Zacky Chan asked me to elaborate on a post I made a while back about a certain kind of evasion motion in aikido.  I think I need to put it into context a little..Suppose you are standing, facing north in a natural, up...

For those of you that are eco-conscious with a serious sweet tooth, then this is the set of speakers for you.  It’s a boombox made out of an old Starburst box, giving you a constant reminder of your candy cravings.  I suppose that m...

by Pete Bodo I suppose this would be a appropriate time to play Beethoven's Third symphony, the Eroica, which the composer originally intended to dedicate to Napoleon Bonaparte. Hmmm. . . Actually, I can see Roger Federer as Napoleo...

Sigourney Weaver's seems like she's had a surprisingly quiet career for someone who was in some of the greatest science fiction movies of all time, as well as Avatar. I've never seen her disappoint, so I suppose that bodes well...

Our census form came in the mail yesterday as did yours I suppose.  So, the timing is right for folks to post maps from the 9th census done in 1870.     Below is the "Constitutional Population" map in which Tucson and Wickenburg are...

Clearly, there must be a demand for legalized inhalants, as a company known as Le Whif has made inhalable chocolate. This company has also invented a coffee inhaler. I suppose that this product is for those who like what coffee c...

I suppose it isn't a big surprise given his genre leanings and the performance of Wanted, but Timur Bekmambetov is turning into one of those producer/directors that has a score of projects in development at once. Recently he's been ...

I just heard from Richard Greenberg (NASA) that National Geographic's Naked Science show will be talking about Alien Life on April 1st. (There is room for a joke or two about the date, I suppose!) Part of the show will involve Ric...

We might not always want to lay out an entire algebra of sets in one go. Sometimes we can get away with a smaller collection that tells us everything we need to know. Suppose that is a subset of — a collection of subsets of — an...