MC Masala this week talks about classic stories. Kristen, your discussion of Anna Karenina a few months ago is one reason I wrote this. He knows that the Kauravas are aching to start a war, …
The Russian band Tarakani! has a song called "Letter to Britney" that includes the lyric "I live in Moscow." Of course, the song's title is actually "Pismo k Britni" and the lyric is actually "Ya …
People all over the country open their homes to Hurricane Katrina refugees.
I helped put together a pile of stuff to give away, and a corresponding list, yesterday. 1 brown leather wallet 1 costume 14th Century merchant's pantaloons + codpiece 1 empty tea tin, suitable for storing …
Dar Williams and Guster make my column-writing nights so much easier.
An acquaintance asked for book recommendations. I thought of a few. I'll share them here: "The Twinkie Squad" by Gordon Korman "The Way We Live Now" by Anthony Trollope "The Bug" by Ellen Ullman "Crescent" …
As I'd sort of warned you, my MC Masala column this week is about a silly anecdote. Specifically, I cannibalized a July weblog entry about seeing a mouse. Enjoy. I slammed the bedroom door, immediately …
Malcolm Gladwell investigates.
Jon Carroll, the columnist whose work I follow most closely, warns me of an occupational hazard. Here's a dilemma: You have to be fairly self-absorbed to write a newspaper column in the first place, so …
Some friends came over yesterday for a lovely luncheon (prepared by Leonard) and a joint expedition to the Costco in downtown San Francisco. Astonishingly, there is room for a Costco in downtown SF. As discovered …
