The NY Times online always features a quotation of the day from one of their articles. Today's caught my eye, a quote from one Reverand A.R. Bernard about the increase in evangelical church attendance due to economic hardship: "It’s a wonderful time, a great evangelistic opportunity for us. When people are shaken to the core, it can open doors ( Read more... )

I'm sad to hear that Bettie Page died. Just read an article about her in which I learned that she refused to let herself be photgraphed in her old age because she "felt like others do" about aging celebrities and wanted people to remember her as she once was. While I understand that on one hand, I feel it is grossly unfair on the other. ( Read more... )

Almost my entire day was spent ferrying around a Japanese library worker who, for some mysterious reason (perhaps the grant she was given?) decided to come visit Phoenix, Arizona on an exchange program. Her name is Asami and I spent the entire day reminding myself not to call her "Salami." The day started with me waking up at a ridiculous hour in ( Read more... )

As you all know, I am a proud grammar Nazi. If you make a grammatical error or linguistic faux pas, I am there in a heartbeat to set you straight. You can thank me later. At least, I think those are words of gratitude you're muttering under your breath. One of my favorite linguistic lapses is the misuse of the term "literally." Oh, the snide ( Read more... )

In the last week I found three friends who had been lost somewhere along the way from adolescence to adulthood. First I got in touch with the sister of one of my best friends from childhood; these girls lived next door to me for fifteen years and somehow I lost them. Then I discovered the first true friend I made when I was a freshman at ASU; I ( Read more... )

I had a fabulous weekend. My boyfriend came home from California and we had a stress-free, fun time, proving that distance does indeed make the heart grow fonder. Then this afteroon I went to see M. Butterfly at the Nearly Naked Theatre (and there was full-fledged nakedness, of both sexes!), then had dinner at the Old Spaghetti Company with three ( Read more... )

A disturbing finding by scientists studying obesity in kids ( Read more... )

I really feel that L.A. Fitness should adopt these new rules I came up with tonight ( Read more... )

I am going to San Diego tomorrow with bolt77 and I am sooooo looking forward to getting out of town. It's too cold for the beach but it isn't too cold for shopping, hanging out with friends, and perhaps hitting In Cahoots, the weirdest country-western/punk bar I have ever stumbled into for lack of anyplace better to go. I can only hope they're still ( Read more... )

I am elated that Obama won! And on the flipside, I am dismayed that Arizonans voted to define marriage as "between one man and one woman." I find that both hateful and selfish ( Read more... )