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Please join us this week for a very special episode of The Test . . .  I promise you mysteries and surprises, the revelation of a new super...

Alex had a game out in West Windsor today, so we got pizza from DeLorenzo's in Robbinsville . . . it is supposed to be the best "t...

I am nearly finished with Dan Chaon's novel Await Your Reply -- which Jonathan Franzen calls "the essential identify-theft novel&qu...

Happy Bring Your Child to Work Day . . . or, as we like to call it, Happy Bring Your Child to Work Day Because He Got Suspended From School ...

When I pulled onto Woodbridge Avenue on my way home from work today, I noticed that the Honda CRV in front of me sported a vanity plate that...

I finished Tom Bissell's book Extra Lives  today and the last chapter-- a meditation on a short period of his life when he was addicted ...

I'm halfway through Tom Bissell's critical analysis of the aesthetics, rhetoric, and narrative structure of modern epic video games,...

This week on The Test ,  we explore the limits of human cognition, i.e. if it's possible for three people asphyxiating from dog farts ...

Apparently, there are twenty-two species of snake found in New Jersey  . . . and if you grab most of these critters, they'll probably...

If you're looking to read something completely different, totally memorable, compelling, funny, and downright awesome (I really love ...

It was with great sadness yesterday that I wrote my eleven year old son Ian an IOU for "one pound of high quality Birnn chocolate,"...

The young lady behind me on Route 18 this morning was completely distracted by her phone, texting at every stop light, glancing at the scree...

My son Ian came home from the woods yesterday sporting two garter snake bites-- one on his hand and one on his finger, both fairly imp...

My friend Bob showed me a demonstration video for the Electro Harmonix Synth 9 Synthesizer Machine Pedal (a guitar pedal that makes your ...

Alec and I collaborated on a fantastic new party game last night and we even persuaded a few people to participate . . . the rules are a bit...

Last day of the ski/snowboard season was a memorable one-- Okemo kept the Jackson-Gore Peak closed all week and opened it yesterday, so whil...

The scene: early morning in the ski lodge, snowy mountains stretched across the front windows, clusters of people quietly chatting, sipping ...

This week on The Test , Cunningham proudly presents "the dumbest thing she's ever made," and while she doesn't know wha...

Catherine keeps interrupting me while I write this sentence, but I'm trying to keep my cool . . . I'm trying to avoid bashing her br...

Love Me Do! The Beatles Progress  is regarded by many credible sources as the best book about the Beatles  and while I'm not the one to ...