Order from Chaos

At the end of the year it is traditional for the year-end summaries, lists of popular songs (c'mon how many of you taped the year end co...

Back from New York for a Christmas weekend. Here's the wrap-up. Let's start with the Loot List: Stephen King's new collection o...

With Boxing Day just a few days ago, this is an appropriate time to throw out a good English recipe. Toward the end of October, Washington...

I'm on the road today to spend a few days with my father for the holiday, so here's a list of firsts, that I " borrowed " ...

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future." -Sc...

I was back at work today after a flurry of events to celebrate my birthday on Saturday. First let me give some shout-outs to some great gif...

Today I turn 41. As previously noted here and here , my birthday is cause for celebration. But since it's my birthday, I get to write...

Tomorrow is my birthday and both of my sons will celebrate theirs in the next two weeks. I should get started on making sure they know all ...

Wow, did I really say that? And I at lest like him a little more than the Iraqi journalist he encountered this past Sunday. But he has be...

But that assumes you can get through the entire list without needing the paddles . . . From Garden and Gun Magazine (really?). And there...

I heard something on the radio a while back about how Washington DC was designed to salute Italian architecture, with all its columns and gr...

In keeping with last Friday's post on the Music of My Life , here's a post from another spot that highlights the " Top Ten Uniq...

I'm on my way to NY for the weekend to pack up my father's belongings as he prepares to move in with his girlfriend. So here's ...

PETA is in the news again. I have hesitated on this post for a while, because it's really just a little too icky to contemplate. But ...

While we all recover from our tryptophan comas, here's a little list for your reading pleasure, courtesy of the Atlantic Monthly . At ...

Today is one of the biggest travel days of the year around here. I will be staying home to celebrate the Feast of Turkey with Mrs. Brave As...

With a young child, I am constantly on the look out for good things to make for dinner that he will eat. The toddler seems to eat anything ...

Pinched from my friend Lana some time ago. Here are the rules: Google your first name with the word "needs" after it and post the...

Well not so far, but President-elect Obama has promised to fill his cabinet with a wide spectrum of people. He has noted that he hopes to f...

My wife has a problem. Sometimes she just wants to have the quarter pounder and some fries. And of course, there is nothing like a hamburg...