MC Masala this week recounts the tale of the one and only hickey I've ever gotten. I gibbered that it was a bug bite and looked, pleading, at the nurse. She saw the desperation in …

Last year, I received a holiday present from an person I'd never met, sent to my work address. It was We, a dystopia by Yevgeny Zamyatin. It was a great gift, catering to my interests …

I can report, not just advise, a happy Thanksgiving. Food and fun, as the saying goes. The fun included Taboo, Once Upon A Time, San Juan, Settlers of Catan, Illuminati, and the film Hitchhiker's Guide …

Jon Carroll's Thanksgiving column, as annually reprinted.

Sumana: Should we dress up for Thanksgiving at your uncle's? Leonard: No, we don't need to dress up. Sumana: OK. I'll put on my ripped Poison t-shirt, then.

I just mailed a package and bought stamps (American Scientists) at the post office, just an ordinary Salon customer/holiday card-sending transaction, and I felt nervous and dry-mouthed as though I were going on a date. …

Sometimes Steven Frank draws women in a way I find charming. Examples: "she likes peeping on girls" and "if you only had this years ago".

Immigrants learn the meaning and traditions of Thanksgiving.

I still find it surprising that Christmas is on the exact same date every year.

My family used to see a movie the day after Thanksgiving, and lots of US residents shop for Christmas presents in the three days after Thanksgiving. Instead, I saw the new Harry Potter movie yesterday, …