Today a great deal of reality bonked me on the head. I attended the first class sessions of Intro to Logic, Basic Musicianship, and Advanced Russian Conversation. Holy shroud, this semester's full of work. Every …
The always-crotchety Self-Made Critic tells us, re: the cast of Gosford Park, "...Stephen Fry, Ryan Phillippe, Clive Owen, Kelly Macdonald, Ron Webster and some other people that are equally as important to the film but …
So now I have this theory about people's first great loves (in French, the grande passion, I think). The relationships tend to end in quarreling and talking past each other and miscommunication galore because "true …
No one except Leonard came to my party tonight. Waaah! Well, at least that means that the last party will certainly have many guests!
I greatly enjoy every entry that Leonard and Kris post on their punditry-venting joint effort, Counterpoint/Countercounterpoint. These days they quip around and about the Enron fiasco. Excerpt: A big campaign donor got access to the …
Yesterday my breakfast was leftover ommelette from Bacheeso's, an excellent breakfast cafe at San Pablo and Dwight in Berkeley. Today my breakfast is leftover sub sandwich from Extreme Pizza. I recommend both of these establishments. …
Jon Carroll today: "Also, Enron makes that whole Ayn Rand Fountainhead thing look a little silly. Who is John Galt? Ken Lay."
My host mother from St. Petersburg, Vera, sent me a postcard! And I understand it, sort of! I need to fully decipher the handwriting and the Russian, but I think she tried to tell me …
In case you can't tell, I spent a great deal of time with Steve and Seth this holiday weekend at Albertson's, a.k.a. my apartment. And it was all so fun! Sometimes I underestimate my need …
I'm moving from one room to another, as Swami Ramakrishna said. Of course, he said that in a comforting vision his widow had just after he died. I am merely moving my possessions and residence …
