Sometimes I wonder what a Camille Paglia presidential run would look like, but Lyndon LaRouche saves me the imaginatory effort. I highly recommend Mary Roach's funny and enlightening Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. …
While talking with my mother, I asked whether maturity is just another word for giving up. She said no, that it is about self-control, and said other things and somehow I wasn't listening. "Trying - …
Watched the presidential debate -- substantial and interesting, if nerve-wracking. I paced the whole time. Certainly a viewer could clearly see the differences between the two candidates. Bush promises to continue doing what he's been …
Every once in a while I order snacks from VeganEssentials. A recent selection: Sharkies fruit chews. Yum! Not as substantial-feeling as, say, preservative-pumped generic supermarket fruit chews, but more than adequate at the fruitiness and …
Instead of trawling online, I am actually using a travel agency to arrange a domestic flight. How decadent!
I didn't even know LiveJournal had a "read the most recent posts by friends of your friends" feature until I saw a clickthrough from one such page in my referrer logs. I see I can't …
Vamsi Mootha is HOT. *fanning self with handkerchief*
Leonard made cheese puffs last night and filled them with douxchelle (sp?), a mushroom thing. We ate them and green beans with garlic and pine nuts, and watched some Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It …
Went to Seth's birthday party. Met Annalee Newitz and made mock of Aaron Swartz, then felt bad upon discovering that he also enjoyed 13 Going On 30. Nice Riana gave ride home. I dreamt of …
Years ago, I helped give Seth his Selfish Socks and a shirt with a Dawkins quote upon it. Tonight I give him a neat lawyer-joke shirt.
