We Democrats cannot believe the gift you have provided us this week ( Read more... )

Ever since he became the statistical nominee of the GOP, Mitt Romney has been saying weird things. Why pick a fight with fellow Olympic organizers? Why pretend you have no clue when your tax-dodging horse will be competing? Why go to Israel and propose moving our embassy to Jerusalem? [Thanks to arib for checking me on that.] Why... frankly, why say ( Read more... )

It's been two month since I posted. Sorry -- I've been frighteningly busy ( Read more... )

Last Tuesday I threw away an old tee shirt. It was a good shirt in its time: thick cotton, a strong olive, with a ring collar. It has some drops from bleaching, so it had become a shirt the missus declared I could only wear around the house. It's big and comfy, has no holes and otherwise felt fine ( Read more... )

I have a few things that I should tell you about:

1. I joined a gym a few weeks ago. It had been several years since I did weights and crunches on a regular basis ( Read more... )

Dan Jan, creator and long-time host of the European Ethnic Melodies Show on WHRW Binghamton, has died suddenly today. The information I had is that he had a heart attack at his computer ( Read more... )

ceruleanbluegal had to check out some exhibits in San Diego before they closed. Thus she took the train down Friday morning and I came down Friday evening. We spent the weekend without a car and without problems getting around. San Diego is not perfect for going car-free, but it's far nicer than Los Angeles for seeing a lot of the place ( Read more... )

I have no idea what just happened, and I honestly don't have time to gather the list of emailed people and ping all of you. I am neck-deep in work ( Read more... )

I've now been living in West Hollywood for three months as of this hour. I arrived a few minutes after 4 am PDT on Friday 12 August 2011 ( Read more... )

If you've been reading for a few years, you know that I like to write a posting during the hour we get back at the end of Daylight Savings Time. This is a special edition, since I'm writing this three hours later than previous years now that I live in Los Angeles ( Read more... )