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Gil T. Senner
When I moved to my current place in late 2015, I felt I was gaining a lot but losing one thing: a suitable restaurant within a short walking distance that could serve as a back-up when cooking seemed too onerous. In many ways it's been good for me not to have that back-up. I've gotten better about stocking my kitchen and coming up with meal ideas ( Read more... ) -
Puntitled No. 227
I have almost nothing interesting to write about these days. I could write about politics, but what is there to say other than how egregiously offensive virtually everything coming out of this new administration is? Just take everything I wrote during the George W. Bush years and remove any adverbs or other qualifiers that would get in the way of ( Read more... ) -
The Fresh Pence of Bel-Air
The election and its aftermath have generated a lot of new interest in Read Between the Bars lately. Unfortunately most of that interest seems to be from people who want to volunteer for us--or donate books. What we really need is money, though. But my hope is that we can steer some of the new volunteers away from helping us pack books and toward ( Read more... ) -
Nobody Beats the Bisbee
I managed to read 50 books in 2016--well, if you round up. Had I known I was so close I would have done some marathon reading last week. But instead I was busy cleaning my house and spending a long weekend in Bisbee with some friends (including, but not limited to, parilous, locakitty, and clockworkalien).
The new year's weekend in Bisbee was clockworkalien's idea, and parilous did a lot of the ( Read more... ) -
Ima Walken in the rain
Hermosillo provided a nice break from all of the post-election brooding that has occupied my mind. I was still very much reminded of the election, though, as the coming state of U.S.-Mexico relations looms large in the minds of so many Mexicans. Walk into a U.S. bookstore and you're not likely to see in the first display that greets you a couple of ( Read more... ) -
The Great that Hate Made
My interest in the 2016 presidential election had some parallels to my interest in Obama's push for health care reform. When the latter was happening, my focus plummeted as soon as I found out a universal, single-payer policy--that is, the really progressive option--was off the table. Similarly, as soon as Sanders (again, the progressive option) ( Read more... ) -
Al G. Bloom
I learned a couple of days ago that Noam Chomsky will be teaching a couple of classes at the UA. I thought about enrolling in one of them, but then it occurred to me that it will probably fill quickly and would better serve someone who could actually use it as an elective toward their degree completion. I might, however, try to find out what's on ( Read more... ) -
Fantastic Breasts and Where to Find Them
After committing a good deal of my weekend to social engagements, I've devoted today's holiday to being solo--though not a homebody. This morning I went to the Tufesa station to get more information on their routes, prices, and policies ( Read more... ) -
Drew P. Chen
The more I look into a Costa Rica trip the better it sounds. I found out a friend of mine lived there for a while, and she said it's pretty easy and affordable to get around the country. She did say the buses can get crowded, though, and you might be standing up and clutching a handrail for a very long journey...or stuck in a cramped seat next to ( Read more... ) -
Neutral Milkweed Hotel
I seem to have caught the travel bug while I was down in Belize. My last day there I was contemplating how and when I might return. Since returning, though, I’ve been thinking I might want to explore other parts of Central America. Now that I know I can handle an English-speaking country in that region, I’ve been thinking I should take a stab at ( Read more... )