25 Feb 2003, 7:54 a.m.

McWhorter Update

His new book, Authentically Black, is available at Cody's now and has landed him on today's Forum with Michael Krasny (KQED 88.5FM in San Francisco, 10-11am). McWhorter also makes it into Slate's yea-or-nay-on-war roundup, where …

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24 Feb 2003, 23:43 p.m.

A Reader in Every Port

The trip plans have solidified. I'm going to Washington, DC, and will stay in the DC area, arriving the night of March 25th and leaving the afternoon of the 30th. I'll get to meet a …

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24 Feb 2003, 23:14 p.m.

Music, Please!

Snatches of songs lend superficial symbolism to my internal monologue. Leonard's new almost-finished opus, The Whiskey Rebellion Activity Zone, or WRAZ. WRAZ would be an East Coast station specializing in obscure and grandiose threats -- …

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24 Feb 2003, 17:22 p.m.

Leonard and I shared a Googlewhack with Adam over brunch…

Leonard and I shared a Googlewhack with Adam over brunch on Sunday. He momentarily thought that we should have rot13'd it.

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24 Feb 2003, 15:02 p.m.

As you know if you've met me, I sometimes enjoy…

As you know if you've met me, I sometimes enjoy socializing. This snarky article, like other pro-introvert books and articles I've recently seen, concentrates on the "we're so persecuted, everyone else is a boor" angle …

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24 Feb 2003, 15:00 p.m.

In Soviet Russia, the Cult Warns You Against the Nonprofit!

Zed relays scary news on the Cult Awareness Network. Don't trust them.

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23 Feb 2003, 17:19 p.m.

Shopping for Present and Future Nostalgia

Yesterday I finally got to substantively hang out with my school-friend Sarah. We've both changed in the nine years since we met, but then again we haven't. We brunched, visited yard sales and the Ashby …

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23 Feb 2003, 9:59 a.m.

My town of Satellite reminds me that someone recently searched…

My town of Satellite reminds me that someone recently searched for "speed of seattlite spinning around earth" and hit my site. Are there any residents of Seattle currently orbiting Earth?

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23 Feb 2003, 9:53 a.m.

I Live in Vaudeville

I am introduced to a stranger as "a comic." "You're a comic? Really?" "Yes. Actually, I'm Beetle Bailey." A stranger points to my tie. "Tie?" he asks. "No, I'm Indian." By the way, Beetle Bailey …

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22 Feb 2003, 7:45 a.m.

Brief Fierce Conversations in Hideous Climates

One nice thing about living with Michael is that he has many neat friends and acquaintances. I meet them and they guest star in my life for a few hours. The cameos have rarely turned …

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