Gerry Canavan

Blogger has decided to cap its label structure at 5000 labels per blog, which, believe it or not, renders this blogging platform almost use...

Today's coolest ten-year-old in the world .* * award subject to revocation if it turns out his parents put him up to it

The wisdom of the market has determined originality is overrated. Which is the only original feature film to make it into the the top 20 gr...

Mistakes Obama has made: Timothy Geithner.

Health insurance obscenity of the day: a twelve-year-old boy who has already spent his lifetime maximum benefit.

Links! * The headline reads, "Las Vegas Nervously Watches The Water Drop." * More likely that not, there will no major internation...

People or entities that share my birthday: LSD.

The best TV series of the 00s. I'm sad to say my record is 24/30, including the entire top fifteen. Via @drbluman .

How close is your state to committing Californiacide? Kevin Drum has your chart of the day .

How to speak like a 1950s hipster.

Fantastic Mr. Fox concept art . Via Drawn .

Today's my birthday!

If Bruce says Auburn Hills is in Ohio , it's in Ohio, and that's all there is to it. Google Maps says it's 90 minutes, tops .

For more information on my forthcoming senescence, please consult Superhero Decadence and Superheroes as Senior Citizens .

Today's the last day of my twenties. Tomorrow, I am old, as depicted in the following synopsis-of-my-life Spiegelman comic that was giv...

Saturday night. * The TSA has finally put an end to the terrorist's favorite toy: snowglobes . * When your neighbor is unemployed: Bob H...

More infodump. * Tentherism goes even more mainstream. * Republicans vs. America's changing demographics. * There's another excerpt ...

Friday night infodump of all the links I want to keep out of the papers. * SciFiWire says the new Prisoner disappoints . * Salon says it...

Plemons was tall and skinny and good-looking, with light brown skin. He had joined the Army late, at twenty-seven, after discovering that hi...

I regret to announce there will be no posts today. gerrycanavan.blogspot.com apologizes for the inconvenience.

Wednesday night, post-Zizek-lecture links. * President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by...

Dollhouse canceled.

Wednesday! * In Galileo's time, science was clashing with religion; today, Robinson believes, we're living in a "Galilean momen...