I'll be performing at Bi Lines IV: A Celebration of Bisexual Writing in Reading Music & Culture this Friday, along with ( Read more... )

I was going to post this a long time ago (bad friend, bad), and now it's pretty last minute. A friend of mine is looking for a new roommate in her apartment on Parkside Ave. in Brooklyn near the Q train. The rent is $750/month + utilities. You'd have your own bedroom and share living room & kitchen. She's a very interesting and fun person ( Read more... )

I don't get easily shocked, at this point, when it comes to injustice in the "justice" system (horrified, yes, but not shocked anymore) but this managed to do it ( Read more... )

Edit: So this Tuesday is obviously December 2nd and not the November date that was here earlier. That's what I get for trying to cut, paste, and edit when I'm sleep deprived ( Read more... )

How is it that SNL, after many years of being really bad and unfunny (at least on the rare occasions that I would bother to check it out) to being ridiculously funny again? A and I must have watched this segment at least 3 times, laughing hysterically ( Read more... )

G came home from school working on coming up with a campaign chant. I told him about the gaffe McCain made with his little parody of the Beach Boys song "Barbara Ann" and suggested using that to replace a phrase in what G had come up with. The result:

Says Obama "Yes We Can!"
Says McCain "Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran!"

Over the next few months, I'm going to be leading a series of Circlesinging events in Park Slope, Brooklyn. ( Details and description of Circlesinging behind the cut )

So what's the plural of "allele", anyway? When they discover the existence of an allele, do they give it a name?

("Before we go any further, I need to know... Have you had your allele screening?")http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/

Interesting background on Palin via a letter from her hometown: http://www.crosscut.com/politics-government/17341

Thanks yesthattom for this.

While I'm here on LJ, it occurs to me that I should probably post something about a really cool vocal improv gig that I'm part of tonight at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe on the off chance that any of you might be able to make it at the very last minute. Here's what my friend, Kate Richards (who I'm sitting in with along with several stellar singers), ( Read more... )