Just finished Douglas Coupland's Miss Wyoming. Yes, he writes the same book over and over, but it is a very good book.
My sister visited me. I went to Steve and Alice's commitment ceremony. I saw Will Franken's show. I bought a new tank cover for my goldfish. I ate Leonard's chowder. I worked. It's all a …
Via Body and Soul, I found a wow wow wow article in the SF Chronicle about the possible Muslim roots of the American blues. Slavers captured African Muslims and brought them to North America, where …
My sister's in town! Last night Leonard made yummy mango stir-fry for us and we watched two episodes of The Daily Show (Nandini had been in Jon Stewart withdrawal). I arrived early at SFO to …
Salon offers various benefits for its subscribers, including free magazines. People who write to us about these magazines (usually "I never got it") sometimes forget the name of the periodical. A list of some magazines …
KSCU is playing an unreleased Moxy Fruvous tune from a 1990s demo tape.
The other day I conversed, very politely, with a Nader supporter and did my tiny bit to persuade someone who did not wish to be persuaded. I'm an idealist and a pragmatist both, as is …
I took Caltrain from Millbrae to Mountain View and then back north to 22nd street. How very comfortable and cheap (about $3 one-way), even if there aren't enough maps and schedules posted at some stations. …
One of my Salon colleagues has left for a poetry fellowship. I miss him. It's like a friend moving away.
Conspiracy or alien books, this person wants. Perhaps he would like some pseudohistory, or perhaps he is just open-minded.
