I thought I could get a fish at the East Bay Vivarium, where Jeana got stuff for her snake, because I thought vaguely "it's a 'Vivarium', word root is life, ergo they will have everything …
So does Eminem count as punk? Or did he ever?
Brendan makes what I would call a passionate, convincing defense of his teetotaling, except he's on the offensive, or at least not being defensive. ...People think alcohol makes them more interesting because it is essentially …
That pretty much defined my day. Steve's travelogue, a very nice evening with Adam, and some Gordon Korman (The Zucchini Warriors and Losing Joe's Place) distracted me. Man, I really gotta fill up my weekend. …
Interpretive spelling in a purchase order I just received: "The Best Democracy Money Cau Boy -- Falast" "People's History -- Ziuu" "Rethinking Cawelot" "Nick & Dimed" "Unaknowledged Legistation"
Months ago, I met Steven Schultz at Cody's and immediately discovered a rapport with him in which I recommend books and he compliments me. Recently he visited Korea for the purpose of getting cute Korean …
Sometime today, I believe, Salon will call or email and tell me whether I have the job. I haven't felt so anticipatory in a year. My fingernails are too short to chew, and work is …
On second thought, maybe modern sci-fi already contains an abundance of the sort of thinking exemplified in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and my friends, who read much sci-fi, will not …
Finished the Haddon book. Yep, certainly something I'll be lending to Zack, Seth, and Leonard. I watched many episodes of the PBS math variety show Square One TV and its subshow Mathnet (a Dragnet parody). …
Just started reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. Excellent so far. It's a rather-hyped mystery novel whose first-person protagonist is a 15-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome (I think). …
