The past five days or so have been one of those rare times in my life when my social life expands to the exclusion of all my concrete projects. It's been real good.( Read more... )

Today is Valentine's Day. Did you know that the eponymous "saint" was a GnosticAnd although I know it's impolite to gloat, especially given that for the vast majority of people Valentine's Day seems to be so painful ( Read more... )