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Paraphrased from Anna Quindlan's excellent editorial in Newsweek this week......I SO wish the Republicans would agree to a YouTube debate, and I could film this, with followup questions.....

Because this is what I'd ask -

1. Q: Sir, do you believe in the death penalty?  If Yes, then go to 2

2. Q: And, do you believe that in cases of 'premeditated' ( Read more... )

Sometimes, you just have to take the month's news stories (the Pope vs. current practices; Bush vs. the Surgeon General and sperm cells; the Supreme Court vs. a woman's rights), distill them down, and put them into perspective in song, to remember what's really important:

I emailed my friend Scott with my 5 current favorite "Hunks of the Month ( Read more... )

From a delightful new novel, "Mergers and Acquisitions", by Dana Vachon:

"My father is doing a movie in Vietnam with Russell Crowe right now. It's going to be like "Apocalypse Now", only more apocalyptic, and more of the now...."

1. I love maps - city, state, country, world. I can stare at them for hours, looking at the towns and the roads that connect them, and parks, and schools, and rivers and lakes. When I go to a new city or state, the first thing I do (if not beforehand) is buy a map ( Read more... )

Our first 4th in lovely suburban NoCal. And we realized that we are SO spoiled. We got all pissed off last night because, for the first time in 12 years, we couldn't see the fireworks from our house ( Read more... )

The SF Chronicle ran an article this weekend about a guy in Pacifica - that's a town just south of SF - who bought a house 4 years ago - side street, no ocean or city view, tiny lot. And 250 square feet (yes that's 3 digits). It was a fixer-upper, living/bedroom, kitchenette, bathroom, closet - that's it. He paid $101,000 for it. He's renovated the ( Read more... )

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I just found out that Whtbraces and I will be roomies over Labor Day at WCR.

It'll be so much fun! We'll tell ghost stories, and make smores, and do each other's nails, and talk about boys, and act out all of the songs from "Grease" and "Hairspray"...........and then throw poor, unsuspecting rubberboys into the sleepsack with a catheter and an electric