Posts for 2003

Also at work: I recognized that a customer had just picked up his Cal diploma, because he was carrying the no-ISBN anthology of essays that Cal hands out with diplomas. I impressed him, which is …

Just saw Better Luck Tomorrow with Hilary and Kim. It's deservedly an R for violence, but recommended. Just as after watching Pleasantville I experienced colors in the real world anew, after seeing BLT I saw …

Salon interview went okay-to-well. I met Scott Rosenberg! I'll find out by the end of next week. I was so exhausted by the evening that I didn't practice my act nearly enough and therefore floundered …

I read FTrain regularly. Paul Ford is a writer in New York and his stuff really does it for me. If I recall correctly, most of the other writers on the site are his fictional …

Interview with the Ebert where he notes a pattern: When I write a political column for the Chicago Sun-Times, when liberals disagree with me, they send in long, logical e-mails explaining all my errors. I …

A dream from a week ago: I'm trying to start a restaurant. My sister is helping me cook sample food, including French fries and beets. Andy Ross, the owner of Cody's next door, is helping …

Kris liked the thriller One Hour Photo. I avoided it because I heard negative reviews, and also because I indulge in the "why should Robin Williams get several chances to play serious roles?" carping. But …

While researching books for a customer, I discovered that the University of Chicago Press posts tons of fascinating excerpts. Behind the scenes at talk shows, why hundreds of Chicagoans died in the 1995 heat wave …

Articles about St. Petersburg in the New York Times (on special events and places to eat) warm my nostalgic heart. I've eaten at the Idiot! Also, I think, at the Literary Cafe.

Cody's Events in May include Douglas Rushkoff criticizing modern Judaism (including the creation of the state of Israel), Eric Schlosser on the black market, Carroll Spinney (the spirit of Big Bird), Huston Smith on Buddhism, …