Congrats Illinois. You will have marriage equality next summer and you survived some idiot (Bishop Paprocki) performing an exorcism on what? I am not an expert on exorcism, having only seen the Exorcist a couple of times on TV, but … [Read more...]

It appears that some truely insane parts of the Tea Party are planning an armed insurrection of the Federal Government on November 19th. This is alledgedly their list of demands (from Freedom Works): 1) The National Security Agency’s … [Read more...]

Seriously, I don't know if you (EB3) removed it or if the editors removed it, but either way: 1) If you removed it, thank you for doing so. 2) If the editors removed it, thank you for not raising all kinds of holy hell about … [Read more...]

The Boston Globe is reporting that someone has started a fund to help the guy out. Details are in the Boston Globe story. Since I am, for all practical purposes, a H8r of the Red Sox, I will not be enabling this level of senseless … [Read more...]

There are several refernces to "Pink Hats" in this whole Neil Diamond "Sweet Caroline" nonsense and the phrase was used on WGBH last night a lot. Having grown up in an LGBT world (and not giving a rat's arse about baseball), I know there … [Read more...]

Tomorrow, at 7PM, on WGBH, one of the few Boston Mayoral Debates will be hosted by Eagan and Braude. There are not that many debates, so if this conflicts with some sports related programming nonsense, please TIVO one or the other and … [Read more...]

Major Nerd Alert - With Spoilers Seriously! If you don't want to read up on what is coming in the next few weeks on the topic of Doctor Who, then stop reading now. If you have never been to the site BBC America and you want to know … [Read more...]

*** Nerd Alert *** Tonight (Friday), there will be a Lunar Eclipse. For viewers in Massachusetts, the eclipse will begin before the Moon Rises, but should be visible for most of the Eclipse. The best way to see it is: 1) Wait until … [Read more...]

From Andrew Sullivan's blog, it appears the Houston Chronicle is less than pleased with their previous endorsement of Ted Cruz. The Money Quote: When we endorsed Ted Cruz [over Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst] in last November’s … [Read more...]

The Huffington Post has a brief obituary on Scott Carpenter who died at age 88 from a stroke. He was the fourth American in the Mercury Program to go into space and following John Glenn, was the second American to orbit the Earth. Please … [Read more...]