I know what you’re thinking. You’ve been walking around your neighborhood for a while now, going: “Who are these cool kids hanging out on their [...]

One of my new favorite games to play is “that’s my indie band.” It’s kind of like “that’s what she said,” but less dirty. Here’s [...]

Moving to New York City three years ago was a little bit of a culture shock. All of a sudden I was confronted with things [...]

by conventional standards, we are broke, or very nearly so. But thanks for noticing now, Republicans; a shame it escaped your notice when you — that’s right, you — were busily bankrupting us.

It was around 3 a.m. when the rain started. At first it was just a fine mist beading up on the cracked windshield. But by the time we hit I-77 in deepest, darkest part of West Virginia it was coming down in steady black sheets. There was an ill-wind blowing and our little car, weighed down with life’s possessions, swayed ominously with each gust.

Phishing (fĭsh·ing) (n.) In the field of computer security, phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, [...]

When the first Gorillaz album came out, my first thought was that it was the end of music. And, no, I’m not a Gorillaz hater. [...]

It’s been a couple days now and I’m still buzzing from the two Green Day shows earlier this week [July 27 and 28]. I feel [...]

Originally published in Verbicide issue #25 In the fall of 1979 I was an angst-ridden college freshman struggling to find a place in a university [...]

Originally published in Verbicide issue #24 Winter 1984. I’d been living in the Washington, DC area for about five months. To be specific, I was [...]

Originally published in Verbicide issue #23 The phone rang at 5:30 in the morning and unfortunately I was already awake to answer it. In fact, [...]

I dreamt I saw Al Gore last night. And in my dream Al Gore was wearing his Nobel Prize medal and it was magic. It gave him the power of flight. Yes, Al Gore could fly in my dream and he was flying around the world saving the human race from itself. He smote the evil SUVs, and when the people were confused he showed them his PowerPoint and they were satisfied.