POSTED // Aug 10,2012 - When Tchaikovsky wrote the musical score for his famous 1812 Overture, it included 16 cannon shots. Literally. These blasts weren’t supposed to be made by, say, a sledgehammer pounded against a wooden mallet,

POSTED // Aug 3,2012 - Are you familiar with the etymology of the word "sophomore"? It comes from two Greek words meaning "wise" and "fool."

POSTED // Jul 27,2012 - The state of Maine has a law that prohibits anyone from leaving an airplane while it is flying through the air. This seems like a reasonable restriction until you realize how badly it discriminates against skydivers.

POSTED // Jul 20,2012 - Lately you’ve been spending time in both the off-kilter parts of paradise and the enchanting areas of limbo. On one notable occasion, you even managed to be in both places simultaneously. How’d you do that?

POSTED // Jul 13,2012 - Let’s hypothesize that there are two different kinds of freedom possible for you to pursue. One is simplistic and sterile, while the other is colorful and fertile.

POSTED // Jul 6,2012 - The epic breadth of your imagination is legendary. Is there anyone else who can wander around the world without ever once leaving your home?

POSTED // Jun 29,2012 - Every 10,000 years or so, reports the Weekly World News, hell actually does freeze over. A rare storm brings a massive amount of snow and ice to the infernal regions, and even the Lake of Fire looks like a glacier.

POSTED // Jun 22,2012 - “Dear Rob: In one of your recent horoscopes, you implied that I should consider the possibility of asking for more than I’ve ever asked for before.to burst out of my protective and imprisoning little shell.

POSTED // Jun 15,2012 - Do you remember what you were doing between July 2000 and June 2001? Think back. Did anything happen then that felt like a wild jumpstart, or a series of epiphanies, or a benevolent form of shock therapy?

POSTED // Jun 8,2012 - The pain you will feel in the coming week will be in direct proportion to the love you suppress and withhold. So if you let your love flow as freely as a mountain spring in a rainstorm,