A show built around awkward prevarication and David Cross? I’m in! “This show follows the awkward misadventures of an American office temp and convenient liar named Todd Margaret (David Cross).  Margaret bluffs his way into a senior sales position heading up the London office for the new energy drink Thunder …

Topics: Lou Diamond Phillips, Blood Diamonds, Unique Baby Names, Bad Inventions, Hair in a Can, Segway, Wiping Sticks, Failed Video Game Gadgets, Plumbing Stories, David Cross and Hockey Talk (not really)! Playlist: The Joy Formidable, Dr. Dog, David Cross, The Nightcrawlers, Beach House

Photo: Lego my Steven Hawking! I Laugh at Your Commute. I work in a coconut on my front lawn. Giant Sad People: The hyperrealist sculptures of Ron Mueck haunt my dreams, but I can’t stop peeking at them. Hippies with AuotCAD: Hmmmm… seems like a lot of work went into this extremely stupid, never-gonna-happen bike [...]

Handy Site for Screw-It-Yourselfers: There, I Fixed It Santastic: Very cool customizable “From Santa” video for the kiddies. “It’s Funny Because It’s True”: Eight ways to kill an idea Do They Know It’s Christmas? The Award-winning Canadian hardcore band Fucked Up has just released their star-studded remake of the Band Aid holiday classic. It features [...]

“Now, for the first time, Cross is weaving his media mockery, celebrity denunciation, religious commentary and sheer madness into book form, revealing the true story behind his almost existential distaste of Jim Belushi (The Belush), disclosing the up-to-now unpublished minutes to a meeting of Fox television network executives, and offering up a brutally grotesque run-in with Bill O’Reilly.” – Publishers Weekly

Meconium Free and Loving It! Hi kids, I’m back in action after welcoming our second daughter into the world. She is a sweet little beauty. I must thank my lovely wife for her exceptional genetic makeup that dominated my weak-ass, recessives genes. Hooray! Okay enough talk about cuteness and happiness and the like. Let’s get [...]