Last night Leonard held a farewell party at my house. Last weekend I went to Little Rock with him, to help him decide whether to join the campaign. On Monday morning we left for the …
Salon's building holds an annual Halloween contest. Each floor receives a pumpkin, and people carve the pumpkins and submit their art for public display. Each employee who works in the building votes for a pumpkin …
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.
