I got to borrow my new landlord's van to move furniture between Berkeley and my new place this weekend. If you can help, especially on Saturday (lifting of unwieldy things, mostly), please e-mail me or …

Today "dignitaries" got to ride from Colma to the new BART stations before the proles, which is yet another reason to become a high-level ABAG functionary like Adam. But more importantly, I'm entertaining fantasies of …

Kevin Drum on family -- he's lost track of his brother. I believe that will never happen to Nandini and me.

Square One TV. Mathnet. Detectives Monday and Frankly receive a ransom note for a ridiculously nonround amount, such as $27,854.49. Monday: This is so strange. Why didn't they ask for more? Frankly: Or less?

A line from "Go" by The Apples in Stereo that's been stuck in my head: "She don't like the way you look, so she treats you like a crook." I'm imagining Nixon in there somewhere. …

Mel Gibson uses his clout for something I find interesting: "Gibson is the director of The Passion, which stars The Thin Red Line's Jim Caviezel as Christ and Monica Bellucci as Mary Magdalene. It features …

I'm embarrassed to say that I've never worn my orangeish brown interview suit; it was too formal for the two jobs I've had since I've bought it. But should I have bought it at all? …

Many people gave their fathers Salon Premium gift subscriptions for Father's Day, and many of those fathers accidentally sent their thank-you notes back to Salon instead of to their children. It's quite heartwarming getting to …

Shazia Mirza makes me wish I was Muslim so I could be cutting-edge. She has had several death threats. Recently, on tour in Odense, Denmark, Mirza was told that fundamentalists had let it be known …

For as long as I've cared that I was female, the sound of an acoustic guitar has enchanted me. I don't remember really tripping out to the sound of Mr. Motenko accompanying himself on "Good …