Here, in the Houston metro area, but 30 miles to the north, we survived Hurricane Harvey and are very lucky and very grateful to come through with no damage. I was out of town when the storm hit on a mini law school reunion with friends in Denver. Husband rode it out with our cat and was fortunate enough to never lose power or water. My flight home ( Read more... )

It's only been two months since my last books post? It feels like longer though I'm not sure if that's because I read more or not. I guess I'll keep track through May and then do the usual three-month round-up ( Read more... )

Latest Yo, Is This Racist? podcast featured the guest, comedian David Gborie, who was talking about his complicated relationship with rap: how he wasn't really there, personally, for the artsy struggle stuff, the rap by Kendrick or A Tribe Named Quest or the kind of rap that basically becomes accessible for white people. That stuff is still ( Read more... )

I don't know what it is about life, but I feel like I've gotten more high strung and anxious as I've gotten older. More things worry me than they used to, and they worry me more than they used to. I've joked before that meditation is nothing more than regulated, focused breathing...but maybe it would help. Beats self-medication via alcohol, anyway ( Read more... )

The me of ten years ago could have never imagined how overwrought I'd be over sports. I never understood sports fandom. I didn't like sports fandom.* Somehow, since then, I've gone over to the opposite end of following a ridiculous number of sports and being ridiculously overinvested in them. I am a person prone to a lot of feelings, whether it's ( Read more... )