Battlestar Galactica made me yell a real curse word at the screen tonight. Not "frack," either. The culprit: not the 60s song, not the revelations of Cylonitude, but the "back in 2008." Noooo! For those …
Pot, gambling, adultery, what have you. Quotes Daniel Davies. It gets more obvious when you see political moderates turn into radicals. The cycle of marginalization and radicalization has gotten to Ralph Nader, just as it …
Submit your paper-napkin business plan and win money + a pitching opportunity. "Women 2.0," they say. Via Systers.
Yesterday, talking with a classmate about tricks to discipline ourselves into eating better, I found myself saying: "If your brain can't override your appetites, then you're no better than an animal." Bruce Schneier reminds us …
I'd like to see that film, The Lives of Others. Maybe it would help remind me of this bit of wisdom, one that's been slipping off me no matter how many times I try to …
A wry coda to an essaylet from my colleague Eric: "So I'm going to be thinking about these concepts. Figure out where I want to be getting results, and therefore what I should be paying …
My two most recent MC Masala columns are on food/body topics. On modeling classes and beginning to exercise:If they let me in, they must have let anyone in; I was like a sparrow taking swimming …
I just explained to a new colleague, with reference to "Oregon Trail", that if his workload goes past steady into strenuous or grueling, he should let me know so I can bear some of it. …
Faceless corporations and their renovation/building! Crepe o Chocolat, a fantastic bistro in downtown SF, is hurting for no good reason! The crepes are so good, and Sylvie is one of the acquaintances I miss from …
