You can still read book excerpts, online, at BookBrowse, from Louise Erdrich to Joseph Ellis.
I happened across a Sammy Sosa corked-bat roundup and pondered aloud, "Why don't we just let everyone use corked bats?" Then I wondered whether that's the J. Bradford DeLong solution. Answer from Leonard: No. The …
The Salon office environment reminds me, I now realize, of some cross between every media outlet I've ever worked for (e.g., KUOP, "Talking it Through with John Morearty: Dialogues on War and Peace", all my …
Lenin/Stalin slash fiction. Bonus sequel idea: "Hotsy Trotsky."
Jon Carroll and Danny O'Brien both have Roombas. "If the pathetic fallacy is ascribing human emotions to animals, then ascribing human emotions to disc-shaped machines must be the Truly Pathetic Fallacy." Cameron is seeking editors …
I'm quite a sucker for details of how kidnappees outwit their abductors. Fairy tales can come true!
From e-mail: a Canadian referred to "north of the boarder." A spam subject line advertised "Geneaology Helper," which I imagine resembling Hamburger Helper. A phone question, in three parts: What's my username and password? When …
I should watch Michael "Savage" Weiner or read a transcript to see if he really foams at the mouth the way he seems to. In the meantime, he shouldn't get to shut down his opponents. …
My sister had dental surgery this morning. I signed up to drive her there and back, but only today did we realize that she needed constant supervision for several hours post-op as well. So I …
"Christian Bands, Crossing Over" informs me: "(Emo is a more confessional, expressive and pop-friendly variant of punk rock.)" Also: " P.O.D. (which stands for Payable on Death)..."
