They should call it "allGoode Organic PuriTea with Peppermint, Red Clover, and Not Nearly Enough Licorice." I've been sending some letters to soldiers via Books For Soldiers. Sample post: "My unit is deployed again. We …

Often, if I compliment a woman on her couture, she responds either with a compliment on my clothes or with a description of the item's provenance and bargain-basement price (e.g., "I got it while I …

I can only stand this incredibly tedious task because I am listening to Do You Measure Up and the like. Also, I'm drinking my second cup of coffee of the day. I ordinarily drink coffee …

Fun. Dangerous, addictive, lose-track-of-time fun.Update: Also, camels.

Two, two, two articles in today's Salon feature India or Indian-Americans. Philip Robertson, Salon's constantly-in-danger Iraq correspondent, profiles Sudip Bose, who is basically the Army's Dr. Bashir. (If only we had Sisko and Kira running …

This morning on BART, the person next to me was reading the same issue of Smithsonian as I was.

Outside the Inbox, songs based on spam subject lines.

My performance evaluation went fine. Evidently I am doing a very good job but we still have ideas for goals and improvements. My haircut makes me look like Anjali from Alison Bechdel's strip. On Wednesday …

Matthew Yglesias tries to spend his mother's last days with her. My condolences to him.

One of the best Five-Minute Enterprises yet: Hatchery.