A voodoo spell gone wrong lands Xander in a strange dark reflection of his own world where to help mysterious voodoo gods stop a terrible evil, he finds himself dealing with people who, whether friends or foes, make the crowd back in Sunnydale look decidedly tame.

Today I was checking out the streaming footage of ‘I Got Mine’ from The Black Keys on the Letterman Late show. I was also admiring Dan’s beard, as usual.  I’ve often thought about writing a post on musicians with full beards, but it’s always seemed like such an obvious thing to do.  Then I was

You’re not fat, you’re well-endowned. You’re not short, you’re vertically-challenged. Flat-chested? Of course not! You’re athletically-built. Call them euphemisms, call them PC terms, call them whatever you want but you can’t escape from the fact that you have before and will, in the future, couch your true meanings in prettier words when the need calls for it. Here’s a

Tim Finn, New Zealand singer/songwriter

[Part eight of the New Music from the Past 30 Years series... with an asterisk] I can’t think of an album that better fits the description “new music from the past 30 years” more than Big Blue Ball, which was released this week. Big Blue Ball is really the brainchild of Peter Gabriel (you remember him, one

Pier 4 Originally uploaded by pbraun It’s nice how plans change, sometimes! I managed to get off from work tomorrow, a Saturday, and so my wife Merry, and I can motor up to Boston in GP 1636 this evening and enjoy the entire day tomorrow and Sunday, with the MTTS group in Boston! I’m a very happy camper

Julie of Bookworm fame tagged me about a month ago, and I’m finally getting around to it. Sorry for the delay, Julie! 1. Who is your all-time favorite author, and why? This is quite difficult to answer, because there are lots of authors I adore. Geez! I guess if I absolutely had to choose one, it

Here's a clip of Crowded House performing their song "Pour Le Monde", from their 2007 comeback record Time on Earth. Much of the emotional content there was concerned with Paul Hester's passing.

“This is dedicated to my best friend in Spain and anyone who is looking forward to a meaningful and fulfilling love relationship. Victoria” Pat Finn, founder of the Rubicon Results institute (picture below) recommended to me the Imago Relationship Workshops. I want to thank him for sharing this resource with me. Harville Hendrix, Ph.D. and

Photographer: Bob Wolfenson Models: Gisele Bundchen, Shirley Mallmann, Jessica Pauleto, Ana Claudia Michels, Isabeli Fontana, Fernanda Tavares, Caroline Trentini, Cintia Dicker, Mariana Weickert, Leticia Birkheuer, Camila Finn, Liliane Ferrarezi, Adriana Lima, Caroline Ribeiro, Marcelle Bittar, Solange Wilvert, Ana Beatriz Barros, Talytha Pugliesi, Luciana Curtis, Raquel Zimmermann, Alessandra Ambrosio, Raica Oliveira, Michelle Alves. photography by Bob Wolfenson via Calikartel