28 Jun 2005, 12:24 p.m.

The Fallacy Of Only Sometimes Noticing Things

I find myself seeing more and more items in the news concerning Kentucky, especially Louisville, now that I know someone who lives there (Brendan). And today I see CafePress has job openings in Louisville! Crazy.

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28 Jun 2005, 9:03 a.m.

Eminem Domain

More John on Kelo! I'm glad y'all got a good price for the land. (I thought "arable" meant "good for farming.") But maybe your uncles were, you know, attached to the land. Pearl S. Buck's …

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28 Jun 2005, 8:52 a.m.

SCOTUS Jokes, Lapsing Into Seriousness

On Kelo v. New London: I keep accidentally calling it Keno v. New London, maybe since it's now a gamble whether you get to keep your land. Every Native American now gets to say, "How …

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27 Jun 2005, 21:15 p.m.

Breaking News: Not Quite All Is Vanity

I don't often look in a mirror except while brushing my hair or checking on the opacity of a shirt. To be more particular, I almost never look at my own face in a mirror. …

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27 Jun 2005, 7:45 a.m.

SCOTUS

AAARRRGH re: Grokster and the "you're not common carriers" decision. Yay re: 10 Commandments.

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26 Jun 2005, 0:52 a.m.

Unending Action

I saw a bunch of Will Franken this weekend at his Fringe benefit show. It looks as though he made enough money to get to the NYC Fringe Festival, which gladdens me. Today I also …

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23 Jun 2005, 22:06 p.m.

Joy

It's been a FANTASTIC few days, mild jaw pain notwithstanding. (In a few weeks I'll have wisdom teeth out.) This person writes like an unholy combination of Leonard, Ryan North, Chris Onstad, Stephenson, and Gogol. …

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23 Jun 2005, 15:34 p.m.

The Royal Tenancy

I like to pretend that I am stately. Also regal. But the word "regal" has to do with a hereditary aristocracy if not monarchy and I wouldn't want that kind of governmental system in the …

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23 Jun 2005, 11:40 a.m.

Double Masala

The posting of my column last week got messed up, so today I alert you to my column from last week (about not finding a hairdresser who'll cut my hair short) and this week's column …

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23 Jun 2005, 11:28 a.m.

Pillow

A person who just left Salon gave me a small pillow. It had been left here by a previous employee so property rights are sort of nebulous on it (as the Supreme Court would approve). …

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