There is a reality show on HBO that should be required viewing for everyone; not because it carries valuable lessons for our time, although it probably does, but for one simple reason: it is awesome. The show I am referring to is HBO's "Cathouse", which is a behind-the-scenes look at a whorehouse in Nevada called the Moonlite Bunnyranch. It ( Read more... )

This has been the year of change and movement. People I haven't spoken to in years are calling me, and I'm spinning wild with new thoughts and ideas and hopes and dreams. It's hard to imagine a year with more change in such a small period of time ( Read more... )

This has been, so far, a fascinating Christmas season ( Read more... )

I arrived in LA right ahead of the snowstorm that blanketed Pennsylvania; while sitting on the de-icing pad listening to my eighteen-year-old seatmate, for whom this was her first flight, every few seconds say, "Let's go already!" while frantically punching her way through the stations available on her personal television, I was ready for LA and ( Read more... )

I am working at the library (right now!) and I just checked in one of the eponymous Arthur books ( Read more... )

Inches it was supposed to snow today: 4 ( Read more... )

Justin and I went to Fallingwater--on, as it turned out, exactly the same day as his ex-girlfriend; 'cause that wouldn't have been awkward and uncomfortable or anything. J. always used to call it "a cave", and I admit to being underwhelmed by architecture in general--I can nod my head convincingly and make appropriately appreciative noises, but I ( Read more... )

When I saw this article, I was amazed and fascinated by the incredible symmetry of it. It's ironic in the way that makes you slap your forehead and cry to the heavens, "Why God, why?"

I've never been on an all-inclusive resort vacation before, and now that I've done so, I've managed to pinpoint the reason why: I don't like them ( Read more... )

In between choreographing, ridding my bed of rodents, and attempting to crap myself to a thinner me, I've managed to procure this meme from ziptie:

Reply to this post, and I'll tell you one or two (maybe even three) reasons why I like you. Then put this in your own journal, and spread the love.