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Liam Jackson Knippling was born at 4:18, January 23. 7 pounds 10.5 ounces. Grandma promises pictures!

The good news is that the Republic of Tea has created the “Get a Grip” tea, designed to balance out the hormones women subject to PMS and Menopausal fluctuations. The bad new is that some dumbass put coconut in it. It doesn’t say so, but I smelled it. And that’s what you really want to

By John Thorne, with Matt Lewis Thorne. Because a pecan pie is so simple to make and because its major ingredients–sugar and nuts–can be combined in so many various ways, a pecan pie can be uniquely honed to a razor’s edge of perfection against a particular palate: unlike almost any dessert, it is amenable to

Ever notice how the holidays requiring mass amounts of candy, chocolate, cookies, etc., are during the fall, winter, and early spring?

From Neil Gaiman: If writing fiction is dessert, then copy-editing is eating all your vegetables. Blogging is snacking between meals.

pettifogger PET-ee-fog-ur, noun:1. A petty, unscrupulous lawyer; a shyster.2. A person who quibbles over trivia. (via Dictionary.com)

Erica will be induced on the 22nd if the bebe refuses to show itself prior to that date. She and my brother have high hopes they will finally be able to determine the modest little critter’s gender at that point.

I need to run a playtest for a murder mystery game in a month or so. I need at least six players plus myself, with spots for up to twelve players. It’s meant to be played over four hours and can include food and beverages. The setting is a luau; the name is “Lei’d to

A Greek guy named Gene has a bar. What’s the name of the bar? Note: hint in comments. Solution tomorrow if nobody guesses.

This week’s theme: words that have many unrelated meanings. fizgig (FIZ-gig) noun 1. A squib: a type of firework made with damp powder that makes a hissing sound when exploding. [From fizz, a clipping of fizzle, from fysel (to break wind).] 2. A kind of top spun by pulling a string wound around it. 3.