Over the weekend, I saw friends and had lovely conversations, food, and entertainment. But then I saw that someone had broken into my car, so that put a damper on the mood. Also, I missed …
I watched most of Howard and Judith Dean's interview with Diane "Straw Woman" Sawyer last night. As I had suspected, they said a bunch of interesting stuff that wasn't shown: here's the full transcript, or …
Wednesday night, I dreamt about pledging to KQED. I dreamt that I would pledge at the $120 level and get the No Power No Problem portable crank-powered radio premium. Yes, I slept through my alarm. …
A roundup of censorship and other suppression of texts through the ages told me: "1954: Cole Porter's lyric 'Some get a kick from cocaine' is changed to 'Some get perfume from Spain' for radio airplay." …
Ellen Ullman discusses The Bug in a public Well conference. Hey, Sabrina, she says:My model for the essay has always been Cythia Ozick. She is passionately smart. Or intellectually passionate. Or any way it's possible …
New Spam as Folk Art is up. More Brendan-y, since I like his approach.Hey you there medicate thy self ck Wasn't this a Very Special Episode of ER? Speaking of Brendan, I got some Ben …
Some Salon people have the "State" "of" "the" "Union" on. I remember when I made it a point of pride to watch the SOTU. Now I just wait bitterly for an elected president to give …
"The insight of our age is that borders sanctify difference, but that borderlessness spurs partnership." A proposal for Kashmir, via Tapped. Another bit in a long, extensive conversation I've been having.
"And then he will lie in it." More Atticus nuttiness. Atticus may be the nonromantic equivalent, to me, of Daisy Fay -- I am growing to love him so much that when I meet him …
Aha! The film was Whatever It Takes (1 and a half stars).
