Just came back here and saw the active comment section. Not sure if anyone cares to tell me why/how this happened? I don't mind, and am ...

I'm not ready to retire the old blog, but I do get on Twitter from time to time...@dmagan.

I was burning off some Elvis bootlegs the other day, including his final performance, which took place in Indianapolis, and "I Can'...

Well, glad I didn't shut the door on my little joint here...;-) I've been reading up on this Madoff character and, as I get more inf...

I'm not sure what it is...nothing bad is going on, but I just haven't had the urge to put things up here lately. I'm not exactl...

Heading back to Chi-town for a few days, so won't be posting...I think you can do it from the iPhone, but I have not found it to be all ...

The post below on the goings-on with Chicago politics became much less relevant. I'm lovin' this story on Governor Blago...

Here's yet another problem with the government 'bailouts' of the Banks...and it don't bode well for the future. Bank of Amer...

No, I won't do my version of Go Higher with Dyer...I'm talking about Frank Zappa's hometown, silly. Here's Uncle Frank doing...

Came across The Consumerist's nifty little Flickr Pool ...it's kinda neat to browse through.

I'm not the biggest fan of reading The New Yorker ...I tried it for a while, and have to concede that they usually have very interesting...

I was up early this morning doing some work and C-SPAN was running yesterday's House Financial Services Committee hearings with the bo...

I've met more than my share of people on the 'conservative' side who also had shockingly silly beliefs about the world, but here...

So, I think I'll get back into this blogging thing again after a quasi-hiatus to take care of some things in the real world. Next month,...

I'm taking the day off to attend to some neglected household tasks and have Morning Joe on...which is where I heard this chuckle-induci...

We can't get past T'giving without listening to Alice's Restaurant.

Hoping to not give in and do any real work today, but it's never a bad day for REM's Finest Worksong. This is from the Glastonbury ...

If you don't get this, it's because you're lucky enough to not have the Cash4Gold commercials playing in your area...God love y...

Sorry for the slow posting...should pick up in the next week or so...life has a way of getting in the way. But this FNC headline this mornin...

I have Larry Kudlow's CNBC show on now and some panelist just referred to "fiscal nymphomania" going on with regards to the b...

In an interview last winter, Barack told Entertainment Tonight that The Godfather movies were among his favorite. Shame on me for letting t...

Seriously, Chantix has to cut it out with this annoying Limey narrating.

It's not as surprising as it sounds...if President-elect Obama is going to pick people who already know their way around Washington, he...

At least that's what you have to believe if you listen to Nielsen Online. They have a posting up on the wire about the increased traffic...

NOW is upset that of the zero cabinet level positions announced so far, none of them are women.

I guess it'd be too cheesy to post Cold November Rain on a day like today, so here's something more optimistic...Paul McCartney doi...

Much as my testicles shrivel when I hear Hillary scolding the person who's most recently pissed her off, and for all the times my toes a...

The Hotline has the menu from last night's G20 summit dinner.

I've goofed on the PD's website here, off and on , for some time now, but I have to give them credit for finally coming around and d...

I'll grant that nightmares also qualify as dreams, so the post's title will be accurate for more than just the Obammies (we need to ...

I know, I know...the friggin' election is over. And, I should have caught this a little earlier, but I checked out Hendrik Hertzberg...

I agree with Ta-Nehisi Coates ....this endeavor can't end well.