To disrupt a playroom is commonly a practice of children.

Google has filed for their IPO. They intend to raise $2,718,281,828. That might seem like a random number, but it occurred to me just now that it’s not. That’s e, a constant that is often represented to the ninth decimal: 2.718281828. It’s not just a constant, it’s the constant, arguably the single most important number …

Virginia is for haters.

After last week’s ban on civil unions in Virginia, a website has sprung up supporting a boycott on Virginia-based businesses. Virginia is for Haters (the name is a play on Virginia’s well-known and no-longer-accurate “Virginia is for Lovers” tourism slogan) proposes starting the boycott with J. Crew. Why boycott J. Crew? Well, Virginia seems to …

Virginia hops on the anti-gay bandwagon.

Crazy sonofabitch Delegate Bob Marshall (R-Manassas) has gotten a bill signed into law today, after it was supported by the House and the Senate by veto-proof margins, the AP reports. House bill 751 adds §20-45.3 to the Code of Virginia, and reads: A civil union, partnership contract or other arrangement between persons of the same …