Berkeley Repertory will host Mike Daisey this summer for performances of 21 Dog Years: Doing Time @ Amazon.com! I wonder whether the performance will live up to the book derived from the performance.

Once upon a time, during my senior year in high school, my classmates and I all applied to the University of California at the same time. UC asked me to look at their list of …

Last night I stayed up too late watching Part I of the original Prime Suspect. Yes, the critics love Helen Mirren for a reason. Women I have wanted to be (an incomplete list):Jane Tennison. Tina …

Betty now swims happily alongside her new tankmate, Bill. I did not realize until after naming Bill that I'd created an homage to Pleasantville.

Currently reading Confessions of a Tax Collector: One Man's Tour of Duty Inside the IRS by Richard Yancey. I find it quite enjoyable, as I did Scott Turow's One-L (memoir of his first year at …

Dave, my grey goldfish, died yesterday. Leonard and I buried him in my backyard. I hope he did not suffer too much in his death, and that I helped him live a happy life while …

Dave, my grey goldfish, is dying, or at least very ill. He was lethargic this morning, floating sideways, getting caught in the fake plant. I isolated him and did what I could, but by the …

At a BART station, birds have nested on the stanchions, and I saw an egg.

I spent my first 21 years hating shopping for clothes. I still find shopping laborious, not fun. But recently I've begun dressing more professionally for work as part of my "don't work in customer support …

The Religious Policeman, Saudi Arabia's Salam Pax, has read Garrison Keillor.