an interesting interview, from Fresh Air, with The White Stripes, on their new album, God and Loretta Lynn.

only halfway through Phantom and I can already tell it is a poor offering ( Read more... )

two notes:

-The essay that Walls and I pitched for the book Star Trek and Philosophy, will appear in that esteemed volume.

-For the second time EVER, I've been quoted on the wide web - this time from an IMDB review: click here for the tiniest quotation.

the Marohls farewell party went swimmingly. The food, the blessing, the trivia game, and then the drinking and smoking in the backyard. At least 30 migrated through the house within 4 hours ( Read more... )

Time: Earlier today...

Karen is talking while I wash dishes...

"Imagine how it would be if you were the guy who wrote, or maybe the girl who wrote..."

I'm thinking, What is she going to say?

"...that episode of Happy Days..."

Now I'm really interested!"...where Fonzie jumped the shark. I mean, it was a bad episode, but, like, you were the guy ( Read more... )

movie idea ( Read more... )

all this talk of sushi takes me back...

In Kentucky we took a number of friends to Yamamoto, ordering for them and forcing them to try, many for the first time, raw fish served in a variety of ways. Most of our friends became converts, at first liking, and then by turn positively craving sushi ( Read more... )

Stopping at Jannetta's this morning to buy a Coke, I knocked my lunchbox against a tree, causing it to fly open and dump its contents on the ground. The glass jar I had the Tahini in smashed and splashed all over my Falafel. Eating my falafel and pita later I discovered tiny shards of glass mixed in. The rest of the pita went in the garbage ( Read more... )

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