Here’s my beard/Ain’t it weird?/Don’t be sceered/Just a beard. That’s a poem by George Carlin. Google popped Carlin out along with the poem when told ‘beard’. Yes, you can talk to Google (if you’re of the mind) in your mind, that is. Can’t do the same wi

We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames.-Wash, 04/03/11 Hell to the fucking no. -Wash, 10/07/11 One or the other. "I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else."

In March 2010, Louis CK hosted a tribute to George Carlin for the New York Public Library where he ruminated on comedy, having a career, and what makes for a truly great stand-up. The footage wasn't uploaded to YouTube until September of 2011, though, an

It may not look like much from the outside, but the Texas Bar and Grill shows signs of Detroit's recovery. CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story stated that Mitt Romney's Detroit News op-ed was published Thursday. It was published Tuesday. DETROIT

Researchers at the University of Manitoba are working on a robot that plays hockey. They called it Jennifer, after player Jennifer Botterill. The robot was built by the Korean company Robotis, and the university has modified it and is working on its hock

Matt Groening’s bigger-than-iconic cartoon sitcom about a family of yellow people, which is both high and low culture, has run 23 seasons and will air it’s 500th episode on Sunday, February 19th. This is a huge achievement! Two decades ago, it was consid