check it out: the NYTimes Travel section features 36 Hours in St. Louis1. Arch = best national monument. period ( Read more... )

I'm having one of those semi-sad weeks in which I can't seem to get out of this sorry funk I'm in. My head's pulling one of those whiny "I wish I wasn't single; what's wrong with me; New York sucks for dating; I should move back to the midwest" kind of monologues that goes nowhere and does no good. I doesn't help that work has been really light ( Read more... )

so for the past several days I've had a sore throat. Wednesday I stayed home from work, spending too many hours on my couch watching Hustle & Flow and episodes of The Wire, my favorite new show that I discovered through my boss. Then I went back to work, with my sinuses nearly cleared but my throat still in a painful state. I'd been thinking these ( Read more... )

1. Wednesday night I blew off knitting and the Mussels show (Wes was staying in and doing some work) and went out with Rene and Jason (new guy she's dating) and drank beer. That gave me the chance to relax and mostly distract myself from Jakob's e-mail. Rene was a good sport and let me bitch some, but the majority of the conversation had nothing to ( Read more... )

yeow! I had an excellent coffee date tonight. Matt is friendly, politically consious, smart, and supa fine. He grew up in Chicago, went to school in Indiana, and is thus certifiably midwest and 100% my type. He greeted me with a kiss on the cheek, and we each laid hints that we were scoping one another out (dropping the "I once dated a girl/guy ( Read more... )

I've had an amazing week. One of those during which it's hard to catch your breath and return your mom's phone call, or catch up on missing hours of sleep, or remember to pack the right clothes to take to work ( Read more... )

I am increasingly disappointed in the American public's stupidity.

From a New York Times/CBS News poll sited on nytimes.com

The poll, conducted as President Bush defended his surveillance program in the face of criticism from Democrats and some Republicans that it is illegal, found that Americans were willing to give the administration some ( Read more... )

In an extraordinarily close vote, the New York City transit workers' union today rejected the contract settlement its leaders reached last month with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, scuttling the deal that ended a three-day citywide strike and raising anew the prospect of continued labor unrest.

Of 22,461 votes cast by the deadline at ( Read more... )

I recently read someone's comment that in their mind the Bush administration is becoming a "communist dictatorship." I paused at the inaccuracey of the statement, and began to wonder what label I would offer instead... is "facist dictatorship" more appropriate?

In a very brief dig around Wikipedia (yes, I understand they have gotten some facts ( Read more... )

a year in review, inspired by trickbag's example:

January: Last night I saw this cover band of sorts play at the Knitting Factory (downtown, in Tribecca) with my friends Anna and Julie.

February: While riding the train to work this week, I read this in the New Yorker and nearly laughed out loud:"Attracting female readers other than its exhibitionistic ( Read more... )