John Rawls, author of A Theory of Justice, died recently. Vaguely, vaguely related, thanks to a conversation I had with the ex-vegan brother of my flatmate last night: Why Honey is not Vegan, and the …
People who know me tell me that I resemble a Muppet, or possibly Dora the Explorer.
Yesterday the flatmates and a friend and I spent about six hours, on and off, making food. There was turkey and mashed potatoes and cranberry-sauce salad and pumpkin pie and gravy, and I made a …
Buy Nothing Day but Sell Everything Day. I hear from NPR that this is "Black Friday" for us the retail workers and I sorta believe it.
"Who cares if the [weapons] inspector is into S&M? There's no evidence that the guy's sexual habits interfered with his work." Hail! Oh, and merry Thanksgiving. NBC is showing a Muppet movie tomorrow night!
Bowling for Columbine elicited my lukewarm approval. Michael Moore preaches to my choir. I prefer Bill Maher's When You Ride Alone You Ride With bin Laden because it, in contrast, attempts answers and takes few …
Punch-Drunk Love. Roger Ebert draws some really interesting conclusions from this film regarding Adam Sandler's entire oeuvre. (Also, I regularly read Ebert's Movie Answer Man column, where he and readers say hilarious and opinionated things.) …
"At root, Irvine is a kingdom of well-ordered surburban ersatz�it makes the set of The Truman Show seem gritty."
Long ago and far away, Kris wrote about stand-up comediennes (May 7th, "Why isn't female stand-up comedy funny?"), and I must report that the mix of performers last night included at least two other females, …
Went to the A Cuppa Tea comedy night, somewhat spontaneously decided to perform, and had a great time - possibly the best place I've ever performed, in terms of space, atmosphere, and people. Several people …
