According to NPR's Guy Raz, there's a little bit of The Dude alive in all of us. jmj

For the next week, the BBC's Simon Hancock will be chasing storms through Tornado Alley, an area of high tornado activity that runs through the center of the US. Here is Day One: Expectations and Nagging Doubts. jmj

Tom Waits interviews Tom Waits. I feel as though this is only acceptable for a select few, with Mr. Waits obviously being one of them. jmj

I have officially taken Malcom Gladwell's blog off of my list of RSS feeds. The fact that he posts on it about once every two months just grinds my gears. jmj ... Doesn't the fact that he posts so sparingly actually reinforce the entire idea of RSS feeds? It keeps you in the loop of even the rarest of updated sites without having to actively check them. glc...That's one way to look at it, but in my eyes, an RSS feed allows to you go through multiple posts in one day without wasting time going through all of them if you aren't interested. Also, what's the point of having a blog if you never post anything? jmj

Amy Winfrey created Muffin Films back in 2000 as part of her MFA thesis project at the UCLA Animation Workshop. Oh and check out her other two web series', Making Fiends and Big Bunny. glc