Words of wisdom from a *true* musical rebel ( Read more... )

Greetings, world-at-large ( Read more... )

In case I haven't raved about my now-favorite Internet radio station in these pages already, let me take care of that now.

Radio Free Phoenix styles itself as a re-incarnation of the so-called "underground" FM radio format of the late 1960s and early 1970s, where DJs on independent stations had a huge latitude to play whatever turned them on, and ( Read more... )

... for whipping out Living with War with such a righteous roar. Long may your flag of freedom wave.

I had an experience Sunday afternoon that really clarified for me how my ever growing interest in the study of food (nutrition, cookery, culture, ecology, economics, politics, etc. and so forth) is no idle hobby.

On the enthusiastic recommendation of my fellow blogger Kirk, I went to check out North Park Produce on El Cajon Blvd. This is a long ( Read more... )

My roommate's cat has adopted the top of my monitor as one of his designating snoozing spots. As cats on monitors tend to do, he's a little lackadaisical about portions of himself (tail, paws, butt, etc.) dangling over the edge. Right now, for instance, he's got not only his tail but his entire right rear leg just hanging off into space, as well as ( Read more... )

Whew. Just finished going mano a mano with my taxes. TurboTax is a pretty awesome thing. Still ... I had a couple of little weirdnesses this year that didn't fit quite exactly into the program's basic routine, so I had to bash it about the head a bit to make it do my bidding. And of course, then I get all obsessive about whether I did in fact enter ( Read more... )

A writer's reach must exceed her vocabulary, or what's a meta ... phor?

(Ow.)

One of the reasons I've been a little less active in my LiveJournal is because I've been putting a lot of energy into my weight management blog over on Typepad ( Read more... )

Oh, this is totally brilliant:

Keep on Crossin'"Keep on Crossin' Manifesto ( Read more... )