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For the past 25 years -- my entire life -- I've lived in a state that was sane enough to know that 2am shouldn't disappear for one day in the Spring, and happen twice on some day in the Fall, or however it is that Daylight Saving Time works. So for the very first time in my life, I'm resetting my clock, not because the power went out, not because ( Read more... )

Anyone who lives or works downtown knows where homeless people urinate. Today, I found out where they poop. I'm at once satisfied and unsettled.

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I generally don't lend my services to the GOP, but what have the Democrats done for me lately?

An Open Letter to Karl Rove:

Mr. Rove,

You or one of your colleagues recently drafted a memo to Republicans in the Senate laying out the potential political gains in exploiting Terri Schiavo, our nation's favorite persistently vegetative stateswoman. ( Read more... )

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You're all so cute when you think I'm wallowing in listlessness. Or you're defensive when you think I'm saying life's a waste. I can read both into the comments on the last post. Either way, buck up and smile, kids ( Read more... )

The people around me at work are to a large degree the embodiment of what I've always assumed I wanted to be. They're mostly hard-working, self-improving, intelligent, achievers. In this group, I have absolutely no skills or characteristics that distinguish me in any way. The disturbing part is that I find myself increasingly comfortable with my ( Read more... )

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