As the KQED announcer told us last night at 8, "A Prairie Home Companion will be trotted out again tomorrow morning at 11..."

Much fun recently, what with Strike Up The Band! last night (1927 war satire by the Gershwins and George S. Kaufman) and a party at my sister's today.

I really hope Google doesn't give in to the Scientologists and continue to delist xenu.net, a site critical of Scientology.

You Can't Get There From Here: The University of California at Berkeley set up some internet kiosks in the lobby of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Union. Only today did I discover that the …

Many, many media experiences over the past few days have I had.On Tuesday I saw Noam Chomsky speak. I couldn't follow his speech, which was about about theories of linguistics or something. On Wednesday I …

From Leonard: "Am I a butterfly who dreams I am a baby, or am I a baby dressed up in a butterfly suit?"

One midterm left to go. You would think a singing midterm would be cool, like a singing telegram, but it's not such a carefree affair when you're the one singing.

Remember that episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation", last season, "Attached," where Crusher says to Picard, "Coffee and croissant. That's all you want. Coffee and croissant."? To the tune of that quote: Weblogs and …

Shweta and me after the Chomsky: Shweta: "How did you enjoy your nap?" Me: "Fine, except some guy was talking the whole time."

This morning I walked by a large truck painted with the Starving Students Movers logo. On the back I read a disclaimer: "As an equal opportunity employer we employ students as well as other qualified …