"How do you tell someone you want to stop sleeping with them but you want to stay friends?" pondered an acquaintance. Someone desired me to provide a comedic solution. "Knock knock! Who's there? Don't want! …

Hal, Miguel and I filmed our parts in Hal's film, tentatively titled Don Juan, late Saturday night. Hal (who actually said "Camera rolling...action!" several times) used a digital camera, but only during one extreme close-up …

Leonard and I must be at least a quarter of the way to the deep and complex relationship Jon Carroll and his wife have; the "I thought you didn't like X" conversation comes up about …

Years ago, during an ugly argument, Dan and I violently disagreed over the desirability of innocence. He claimed that innocence is nothing more than ignorance, and thus undesirable. I can't know what he thinks now, …

My sister and I are planning family-friendly activities for this weekend; my parents will return to India soon. I used CAPAlert to find movies my parents wouldn't mind; I'm leaning towards Rabbit Proof Fence (which …

Listening to Moxy Früvous, "The Gulf War Song," over and over. I feel numb. Many people at Cody's took time off yesterday to go to various protests. I didn't. What's the point? I am not …

If I didn't already have plans, I'd groove to Cal a cappella tonight.

When I anticipated going to Russia, I worried that people there would discriminate against me because my skin is brown. My fears were unfounded. And now I'm worried about flying cross-country, in my own country, …

During my illness I dreamt that I was proposing a fantasy story where Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice were the same person, à la Ranma 1/2. Adam heard and said, "That would be the best …

Did someone already implement this and I didn't notice? George Herbert Walker Bush gently pushes open the door to the Oval Office. George W. Bush gets up from "his" desk. Dad: Your mother and I …