Distractions II
And then there's World Progress, the four-times-a-year supplement to the New Standard Encyclopedia. For some reason, I have all four...
Distractions
The problem with packing all my books is that I'm bound to run into some that I'd forgotten all about,...
SF mayoral runoff
For those who missed it, San Francisco held a mayoral election earlier this month. The results: Democratic candidate Gavin Newsom...
Catalogs
I mentioned a month ago that the previous residents of my new place were catalog shoppers. I hadn't realized quite...
Massachusetts de-bans same-sex marriage, sort of
I haven't had time to read the court's opinion in Goodridge, et al. v. Department of Public Health, et al.,...
Packing and toys
To paraphrase Gunnar Bob: "I don't pack, but I'm packing!" Got eight boxes of books packed tonight; I'm estimating there'll...
Teaching writing
Jim Van Pelt has interesting comments on teaching writing in his Rumor Mill author topic. Seems to be mostly focused...
Updates
Hmm, been a while since I've posted here. Assorted updates, in no particular order: Handyman guy is very close to...
Tales for the L33T
Wacky Flash movie of Romeo & Juliet done with stick figures and L33T-speak dialogue. It's something like R&J done as...
Juxtaposition
Earlier this evening, I sent email in which I passed along a pointer to an AlterNet article about a 51-year-old...
Breaking rules
Hartman's rule about breaking writing rules (possibly stolen from someone else): If you're going to break the rules, do so...
Royal Tenenbaums
I'd heard mixed reviews of The Royal Tenenbaums, so I was a little dubious going into it. And I'd had...