I've run out of tea! Fortunately, Salon's kitchen stocks milk and, for no good reason, Ovaltine. This Complete Tibetan Calendar, according to a flyer, includes "Days not to raise new prayer flags."
As you may have heard, my boyfriend of over two years is moving from a house, two blocks from mine, to Little Rock. As in Arkansas. That's where I was last weekend, helping him decide …
Stereolabrat is like Nietzsche meets Margaret Cho.
The new Smithsonian has an article about Sylvia Plath. Slate also features a Plath article, and The Economics of Suicide: Why should suicide be an economic boon? Once you attempt suicide you suddenly have access …
Southern California wildfires - there is a reason for human interest stories. What would you take? "If everyone had pulled their hoses out ..." While running away.
Pretty tired. When I was in eleventh grade, I asked my wonderful English teacher, Sam Hatch, to name his favorite novel. He considered and answered: Dostoyevsky's The Idiot. A few years ago I tried to …
Blogging will be very light over the weekend, with gusts of phone and a chance of email.
"Hi, this is Sumana with Salon Premium. What can I do for you?" I looked up his information. As I waited for it to appear, he asked, "Are you in India now?" I slowly replied …
Enterprise was a rerun last night, and I yelled at the screen for most of West Wing. I feel like John Wells is a new stepparent. "Aaron Sorkin never did it like that. Sorkin had …
