About once a month I wake up way too early for no good reason. Today it could be because my body is scared of today's dentist appointment. I woke up thinking about the oral surgeon …
For exercise and self-defense, I want to take a martial arts class. I took judo in college and liked it. Any suggestions for good programs or teachers in San Francisco?
Reusable utensils to take with you in a nice cloth carrying case.
Ebert asks the Heavenly Muse to sing on the new Adam Sandler movie. Speaking of movies, here are some movies I have not yet seen: the second and third Matrix movies, the second and third …
Found a bit of a 2001 article about Lord of the Rings and the problem of evil. Not theodicy, but the more pragmatic question of how we can and should fight evil. SPOILERS AHEAD!But even …
Last night I dreamed that Alton Brown had adopted a disabled child that biologically belonged to the British royal family, and that therefore princes and princesses came over to his house all the time. "That …
Celestial Seasonings rooibos tea features, on the box, a very calm lion drinking drom a teacup. Leonard observed, "So he is a tame lion."
Mike Popovic's poem that he wrote for his daughter Zoe. I recall that he also illustrated it - where are the pictures, Mike?
The Poor Man encapsulates modern US political thought (the second half of the essay). If people say they are going to do something, and then they do it, and then they say they're going to …
Anyone who is reading this and who knows Kannada knows that the letter for "ma" is, by all logical standards, the letter that should mean "wu" or "vu." That trips me up all the time. …
