Here’s a completely useless Blog-Game to keep you busy on a rainy evening. Go to Rob Smith ’s archives, say, beginning the first of the year...

Is up and running at Carnival of the Capitalists . Carnivals within Carnivals within Carnivals. Now, if we could just post ’em from a Carn...

I dragged myself out of bed this morning and stumbled into the bathroom to perform the Morning Ablutions. It’s a simple ritual, really, and ...

The card showing today’s special at the company cafeteria read “Geek Salad.” Fucking typos, I thought. Nobody takes pride in their work anym...

Dag slapped another magazine in and lined up his sights, squeezing off a short burst that caught a Fidel irregular who had been busily setti...

There’s rumor of a bumper sticker that appeared in California a while back: “If you can’t eat it or screw it, kill it.” Makes perfect sense ...

This week’s summary of Roasty-Toasty Stinkeroo Posts - the Bonfire of the Vanities - is up at Peakah’s Provocations . And, lo, I am mightil...

Yes – who is a bigger dumb-ass? Michael Jackson – for endangering his son Prince Michael II by dangling him over the fourth-floor balcony ra...

Still more stuff that should be in the dictionary but isn’t. Previous installments of the Blog d’Elisson Dictionary may be found in the Ar...

We all have ’em, and they come in all sizes and shapes. Yesterday was the twenty-ninth anniversary of one of my Life-Changing Events: the da...

Snow, rain, and sun. Today, I had it all. This morning in the northern reaches of Atlanta, we had a few minutes of honest-to-Gawd snow, whi...

Truly amazing, this Mick Jagger. Thin as a rail, he prances and dances like a twenty-two year old. And yet...and yet, he’s old enough so tha...

Please join me in welcoming a new entry to the blogroll: The BBQ General . Some time ago, I posted a brief profile of our friends Janet and...

Gotta watch out for them Country Boys. Most Americans - especially the ones of the Northeastern variety - hold Country Boys in thinly veiled...

Yes, we have Royalty amongst us. There’s Queen Matata, here displaying her Regal Imperiousness: Peasant! Bring me kibble. And be quick abo...

Must’ve been a year ago, when I composed this completely rotten limerick: A filthy young woman named Mabel Liked to crap on the dining room...

It is said that no good deed goes unpunished. As a corollary, when you pay homage , sometime there is pay back . Witnesseth: I took the fami...

Welcome to Carnival of the Cockroaches , Number Five! Yes, I’ve received enough submissions - a very few submissions - over the past couple...

It’s once again time for the Friday Random Ten, a randomly-selected list of Musical Adventures from the iPod d’Elisson. Here we go: My Name ...

Here’s a question: We all know that the fanatic Islamists hate Westerners who dare to depict the image of the Prophet. (Never mind that ima...