I have answered at least 600 emails from Salon Premium users this month. This week I've spent at least two hours on the phone conversing with customers about the Bush administration, the 2004 election, print …

Salon's newest Arts/Entertainment story: my interview with the writers of "Uncle Morty's Dub Shack." Trevor: I like the films that have a lot of scenes with just two or three characters having a conversation, because …

Leonard just left CollabNet and thus finished his last day of work there. I'm excited and happy for him but also anxious. I hope it all turns out for the best.

MC Masala this week: an anecdote about a teachable moment. As I wrote the lesson plan, I had to decide on milestones for our first discussion of Le Guin. I knew where I wanted to …

Leonard and I have returned from a sojourn in Southern California, where we witnessed the Andrew/Claudia wedding. Congratulations! I'm glad we also got to see Frances, Rachel, Susanna, and John. And Gretel, Frances's dog. Gretel …

Salon just redesigned its main page. I am basically dismissing out of hand any complaints from the first 24 hours, unless they come from someone whose judgment I trust, because web users are curmudgeonly and …

"The woman was in the 300 block of Niagara Avenue, about a block from the Balboa Park BART station, when about 10 kids -- both boys and girls -- assaulted her and stole her purse, …

There's someone I have to email who works for Multimedia Games. However, every single email I send to any address at that company gets bounced with the error: 500 Mail appears to be unsolicited -- …

Salon carries a series called "Object Lust". The Oct. 4th feature: me on home delivery of organic produce. I go on and on about beets and persimmons, tee-hee.

MC Masala for this week takes you to a suburban house in boomtown Silicon Valley, a generic place where I remember spending every weekend in the 1990s. Kids ran around the house, shrieking and playing, …