Do what I say, not what I do
Regarding my earlier entry titled "Carpe Diem": I ought to have noted that I often don't practice what I preach...
Getting out alive
Chances are, you'll never need to know what to do if you find yourself in a sinking car. But if...
Carpe diem
Susan wrote today: "Fear and risk and grief are now part of the rest of my life." I think in...
Greenberg v. National Geographic
I had heard of the Tasini v. New York Times case (in which the NYT claimed it had a right...
Rejections
Rejected 74 stories in the past 24 hours or so. Only another 28 rejections to go before I'm caught up...
Patriotic peace
Peggy Monahan wanted a way to show support for the people who've been hurt without indicating support for a rash...
Cool Java ripple effect
A cute little Java applet that lets you make ripples in water. Don't go there if you don't have Java....
Mykle!
Also from that same old Powell's newsletter (one of the few I didn't read when it arrived, which was like...
Book gender
Just found a link to this in an old Powell's newsletter: Neil Gaiman on the genders of books, the evolution...
Looking for bright spots
I haven't been paying attention to news since Saturday; I hadn't realized how far along things had gotten. War and...
Sleepy?
An odd little piece (requires Flash) with the weirdest-lookin' cartoon sheep I've seen bounding across the screen in slow motion....
Dear Senator Boxer
This is an HTMLized version of a letter I just wrote to Barbara Boxer, one of California's senators, who is...