Every week Salon Premium Help receives a few autoresponse emails of the type "this email address doesn't work anymore because I've changed it to avoid spam; here is the new address." Everyone's in the witness …
Thanks to Sarah for pointing to the Sci Fi Channel's online archive of classic and recent SF/fantasy stories. Includes Nancy Kress!
According to Taxes And People In Israel by Harold C. Wilkenfeld, not only does Israel have a Tax Museum, but that selfsame Tax Museum's exhibits go beyond famous people's tax returns. The museum also shows …
Zed has pointed out to me my inconsistency in bashing Indians who use Western or Westernized names. When I got picked as an audience participant for his improv nights, I called myself Vicki. Fair cop, …
My sister and I adore Seth Stevenson's work in Slate. Case in point: "They seem to say that we are all just transient shadows, not long for this world - it's our diamonds that are …
Zack and I saw Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and enjoyed it a great deal. Great performances, fun dialogue and visual effects, a simple story ramified well. Also, it tickled me that David Cross …
On Thursday a beauty school student cut my hair to resemble that of T'Pol from Star Trek: Enterprise. However, my hair defies the Vulcan Science Directorate in its unruly, emotional curls and cowlicks. And I …
The wonderful Newsaic site footnotes TV shows and comics to contextualize references to law, history, and current events. My favorite bit so far comes from a discussion of an episode of "The Practice" and admissible …
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, …
Weekend: enjoyed driving with friends, concert was okay, lots of Bollywood music videos (Namaste America has the best commentary, India Waves has the weirdest choices and hands-down weirdest host), Zack lunch, changed aquarium water somewhat …