Some people use dashes instead of, say, quote marks, which makes me think Emily Dickinson has reincarnated as a Salon Premium subscriber. Others use no punctuation at all; maybe they bought cut-rate keyboards off the …
A nursing mother in our office pumps breastmilk. When I catch a glimpse of her apparatus drying, it looks like drug paraphernalia. "Who's smoking crack at the office?! ... oh."
Perhaps Leonard will get a campaign-related kick out of "You know you are working too much when.....". Example: "sitting in your cube you think about how much more relaxed you'd be if you were in …
Every week Salon Premium Help receives a few autoresponse emails of the type "this email address doesn't work anymore because I've changed it to avoid spam; here is the new address." Everyone's in the witness …
Thanks to Sarah for pointing to the Sci Fi Channel's online archive of classic and recent SF/fantasy stories. Includes Nancy Kress!
According to Taxes And People In Israel by Harold C. Wilkenfeld, not only does Israel have a Tax Museum, but that selfsame Tax Museum's exhibits go beyond famous people's tax returns. The museum also shows …
Zed has pointed out to me my inconsistency in bashing Indians who use Western or Westernized names. When I got picked as an audience participant for his improv nights, I called myself Vicki. Fair cop, …
My sister and I adore Seth Stevenson's work in Slate. Case in point: "They seem to say that we are all just transient shadows, not long for this world - it's our diamonds that are …
Zack and I saw Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and enjoyed it a great deal. Great performances, fun dialogue and visual effects, a simple story ramified well. Also, it tickled me that David Cross …
On Thursday a beauty school student cut my hair to resemble that of T'Pol from Star Trek: Enterprise. However, my hair defies the Vulcan Science Directorate in its unruly, emotional curls and cowlicks. And I …
