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Meet Condescending Biden! He’s like Condescending Wonka, but with about 100 percent less Gene Wilder. And more malarkey. You can make your own Condescending Biden here.

I got to interview an archaeologist about the forgotten tomb of a Mayan warrior queen for work this week. This is so incredibly aesthetically pleasing on a number of levels, and I thought I would share. You can read it here. Here’s a bit of it for your perusal: “The tomb of a Classical Mayan […]

It has come to my attention that not all of you are aware that Hugo Chavez and Cesar Chavez are different people. Indeed, quite a few Americans appear to be under the impression President Obama recently attended the dedication of a monument to Hugo Chavez, the pudgy and hard-to-control socialist leader of Venezuela. When in […]

After a delay of a few million years, I finally edited my New York City photos. That’s the problem with actually editing and making some vague effort to curate your Facebook albums or what have you: it takes a long time. And you get distracted, by shiny objects or what-have-you. Re-reading Churchill’s account of World […]

I have some excellent advice for you. Go buy a mini watermelon, seedless. Chop it up into bits and puree that sucker. If you’re feeling fancy, you can strain the juice. (I wasn’t). Put the watermelon puree in a glass with your favorite bourbon. You can add some lime, or mint, or maybe some Sprite. […]

I’m making pollo guisado again tonight. Was happy that the guy at Guisados Tacos in LA – I went back this Friday – sounded pleased when I told him he’d inspired me to create this recipe. (Not that it’s much of a recipe…..more of a vague jumble of techniques). It certainly tastes good. We went […]

A Cambodian woman who survived the Khmer Rouge is doing a Reddit Ask Me Anything question session with her mother. She’s also hoping to raise money so her mom can go see her terminally ill uncle, who raised her, one last time. Here’s her Indieagogo account for donations.  Go check it out.

New Zealand Man Seeks Emergency Treatment for Eel Lodged in His Posterior – GlobalPost  Every writer occasionally produces work they consider an intellectual—perhaps even moral—victory. This is not one of those times, but I had fun doing it. My favorite line: “New Zealand’s eels are known for their secretive nature and their fondness for dark […]