12 Oct 2005, 20:02 p.m.

Fame For Jimbo, Trevor, et al.

Salon's newest Arts/Entertainment story: my interview with the writers of "Uncle Morty's Dub Shack." Trevor: I like the films that have a lot of scenes with just two or three characters having a conversation, because …

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12 Oct 2005, 15:11 p.m.

Nervousness

Leonard just left CollabNet and thus finished his last day of work there. I'm excited and happy for him but also anxious. I hope it all turns out for the best.

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10 Oct 2005, 6:37 a.m.

Hamminess And Its Uses

MC Masala this week: an anecdote about a teachable moment. As I wrote the lesson plan, I had to decide on milestones for our first discussion of Le Guin. I knew where I wanted to …

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09 Oct 2005, 14:25 p.m.

Back

Leonard and I have returned from a sojourn in Southern California, where we witnessed the Andrew/Claudia wedding. Congratulations! I'm glad we also got to see Frances, Rachel, Susanna, and John. And Gretel, Frances's dog. Gretel …

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06 Oct 2005, 15:17 p.m.

Cheery Things

Salon just redesigned its main page. I am basically dismissing out of hand any complaints from the first 24 hours, unless they come from someone whose judgment I trust, because web users are curmudgeonly and …

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06 Oct 2005, 10:55 a.m.

Discomfiting

"The woman was in the 300 block of Niagara Avenue, about a block from the Balboa Park BART station, when about 10 kids -- both boys and girls -- assaulted her and stole her purse, …

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05 Oct 2005, 16:03 p.m.

Dorkeror's Apprentice

There's someone I have to email who works for Multimedia Games. However, every single email I send to any address at that company gets bounced with the error: 500 Mail appears to be unsolicited -- …

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03 Oct 2005, 20:22 p.m.

From Fluffy To Ditzy

Salon carries a series called "Object Lust". The Oct. 4th feature: me on home delivery of organic produce. I go on and on about beets and persimmons, tee-hee.

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03 Oct 2005, 11:39 a.m.

Memoirs Of A Puja

MC Masala for this week takes you to a suburban house in boomtown Silicon Valley, a generic place where I remember spending every weekend in the 1990s. Kids ran around the house, shrieking and playing, …

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02 Oct 2005, 20:07 p.m.

Editors

I only appreciate good editors when I run into an edit that makes my work worse.

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