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Play any instrument or speak any language, which do you choose?Question submitted by cruftbox.vox.com. Do you get to pick one language/instrument or is it all of them? Being an omniglot would be pretty sweet, as would being a one-man symphony. With the former you'd be practically a superhero, with the latter you're a winner on [...]

What was the highlight of this past weekend? A tie. In this corner, the Battle of Atlanta/Taste of East Atlanta festivities, where I got to learn about the central role my neighborhood played in civil war history, the advantages of British Enfield Rifles over Austrian pos'es, the various bone saws and techniques employed in battlefield [...]

Not gonna lie to you. The bright orange beak, dirty gray body feathers, and clumps of factory second red-orange plumage are not nearly as classy as the full-on red pimp suit the dude Cardinals get to wear. Female Cardinal Just noticed a few of these in my neighborhood. Read and post comments | Send to [...]

twitch city episode 1-01 part 1 Canadia's bestest weird sitcom has been hard to find on the internets/tubes series. Do yourself a favor and watch the chunks now available on youtube. If anyone has the full episodes I'd gladly exchange a kidney for all of them on DVD. Read and post comments | Send to [...]

What's the strongest association you have between a scent and a memory? I don't know if it's the strongest, but recently on a foggy morning I smelled slightly burnt gasoline, and that took me back to memories of vacationing on a lake in Maine when I was little. We lived in a tiny house on [...]