A Fox News article on politics in sci-fi blockbuster movies quotes me, a sci-fi enthusiast. I get two sentences, probably the least interesting paragraph I said in that interview. More interesting points I made: Both …
"Chasing Liberty" and "First Daughter" and "The Prince & Me" are THE SAME MOVIE.
Didn't get to see Johnny Steele because his show sold out. Went to the Marsh instead and saw a showcase. Some pretty good stuff, one or two "you are embarrassing please leave please" comics, and …
The San Francisco Giants lost to the San Diego Padres, 7-1. However, SBC Park ("Some Big Company", as an acquaintance quipped) has many amenities and my fellow game-watchers refrained from excessive rowdiness. A pleasant experience …
Joe and I saw Mike Daisey's show Wasting Your Breath last night. I loved it. I also got to hang out with Mike and Jean-Michele Gregory for an hour after the show. Fun! We swapped …
Via Cyrus Farivar: "France Outsources, Senegal Calls". This is the true reason to colonise a country: you can use it for call centers a century later! I expect to see France using Cambodia, Spain using …
Over the last few years, I've increased my theatre-going quite a bit. I was always in community and school productions up through the freshman year of high school, and now that I have disposable income …
Tonight I go to a baseball game, courtesy of a Salon vendor. I think I last went to a baseball game when I was seven. (Was I the only girl on that T-ball team? I …
My parents lived in India for decades before emigrating to the US. We ate dinner at home (where I never ate enough for my mother's liking) almost every night, and the only friends who had …
My neighbor and coworker Susan McCarthy has a new book out on how animals learn. Many funny examples. As The Religious Policeman illustrates in his Saudi weblog, the Saudi royal family needs some reform. My …
