I've traveled using three subway systems, Amtrak, a plane, a taxi, a privately owned car, and my feet this week.
My lips seem to chap more easily here. Do not take the yummy cornbread home from District Chophouse in DC and then warm a small slice of it in a microwave for two minutes. It …
Seth told me about a Sylvia Plath/Ted Hughes exhibit in New York City that features a Hughes poem in reply to a Plath poem on the topic of a rabbit trap. He did that sort …
One of the oddest and cruelest pranks I've ever heard of, and I wouldn't believe it had happened except for the length and depth of the story. In a frame taken from a McDonald's surveillance …
What with my mother visiting and my birthday passing and going to Andrew and Claudia's wedding and being invited to another one, hints have been dropped regarding nuptials that might affect me a bit more …
You have probably already read Joan Didion on the Schiavo case and watched Didion illustrate, but carefully leave unanswered, more precisely formulated questions about that particular tragedy and the end of life. That piece makes …
This week's MC Masala focuses on how to make more from less. Some people may react to a nomadic past by living lightly, keeping only enough possessions to fit in two suitcases for quick getaways. …
We need more people like Bunnatine Greenhouse. SFBay Area co-ops for various services and goods.
Today I got new and concrete evidence that two of my colleagues have my back. The comfort of that surprises me. Also, I like to drink Emergen'C - only 20 calories, yet fizzy, and therefore …
Yesterday, from conversation with colleague as we left the office to go home: "Aaargh. There are so many bitter, cranky, angry people. And some of them are me."
