The wasp infestation in my bedroom reached a sort of critical mass last evening. While I was on the phone with my roommate-to-be, I uncovered another dead wasp (that makes a handful…

Today marks a very solemn day here at Swan Fungus. The penultimate episode of The Best Podcast You Have: Circulations Amethyst. On this week’s installment, there was a guest musician, some friend…

In the back of the closet, a discovery is made. A vast treasure trove of old slides; photographs taken by my grandfather during the 1950s. They recall family and vacations during a…

There was an interesting program last night on the History Channel (or was it Discovery Channel?) about asteroids, comets and meteors. At one point, a professor from Cardiff University began talking about…

What does it say about us as a society when twice as many Americans want to spend their holiday weekend lifelessly soaking up Blades of Glory, or Are We Done Yet (Ice…

So, what? Are we going to be hit by a huge asteroid soon? There was a nerd on Conan O’Brien a few weeks ago talking about how comets, asteroids and meteors are…

Here’s a nice list of observations I’ve made in the past week while drifting through the more mundane aspects of everyday life. – Verizon cellphone commercials: They have one where a guy…

It finally feels like Spring. The sky is blue, birds are chirping, and I woke up at 9am this morning to partake in my annual baseball fantasy league draft. Honestly, does it…

Oftentimes, when it’s three o’clock in the morning and I can’t sleep, I’ll turn on the television and search for the most mindless program I can find in the hopes that it…

Hi friends, and welcome strangers. – The first order of business today is a plea for help. Last evening, Ken and I spent several hours toiling over a new design for this…