You know how people always say that if you really want something, you should "put it out in the universe" as if a big wheel of Gouda will automagically fall from the sky simply because ...

Finding something made in America these days is about as rare as a Baptist minister sliding down a stripper pole in a gay bar. (Come to think of it, that may be more common than previously ...

This post is inspired by the popular "If You Give A..." children's book series by Laura Numeroff, which my kids love.  Consider this to be my tribute to her work, except for the parts ...

Tonight’s regularly scheduled post, “I Haven’t Changed My Underpants in 3 Days” will not be seen tonight so that I can make fun of the latest brouhaha surrounding same sex marriage ...

  Since I moved The Mainland to this deluxe web host in the sky, my overall numbers have gone up.  I now average around 350 views a day, and on a few occasions when I was ...

Take a look at how extreme right-wing  policies destroy one woman over her lifetime—and how Republicans think that's pretty f'ing cool.   A new child is born.  Under President ...

Friends, this is going to come as quite a shock, but I have nothing to say.    It's true.  I keep staring into space like I’m on some sort of weird acid trip (not that ...

We're rolling out a  new feature here at The Mainland called "Nursery Rhymes Updated for 2012".  We'll take some of the most treasured stories ever written, and make them over slightly ...

You know you have a successful blog when advertisers come beating down your door with weird, free shit they want you to promote.  And if it's a really hot blog, you might even have ...