Marika Griehsel: In your opinion what is the most pressing social issue in Western society today ( Read more... )

Well, it was that time: to visit the family in Texas. I arrived yesterday afternoon, and let me just say: it's cold! LA has spoiled me. It's been around 33-35 degrees F, but should be warming up the next few days. I'll be here till Monday ( Read more... )

NEW YEAR
Naomi Shihab NyeMaybe the street is tired of being a street ( Read more... )

11.26.04: Lahore City restaurant, just steps away from my hotel (NH Hotel), Berlin-Treptow ( Read more... )

... to bet on The Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Right now it's "only" $7,600!

BBC article here.

Why can't my pop tarts do something interesting like that?!

Well, it got removed yesterday, and I got a 'value-added' D&C, which means my menstrual future looks good. I'm proud that I was 'pro-active' about my health, but it's only because I have insurance. And a fairly recent new feature of my insurance is that I no longer have to get a referral from my 'primary care physician' (whom I've never met, ( Read more... )

I forgot to mention that (shock of shocks!) CBS pulled "dr. vegas." So no screening parties for C. It really was a bad show. But a job is a job... and C. did it and got paid for it. Just a disappointment that "his" episode will never air (in the States at least ( Read more... )

The blue state citizens make the Rousseauvian mistake of thinking humans are essentially good, and so they never realize when they are about to be slugged from behind. -- Jane Smiley ( Read more... )

A Bush re-election doesn't surprise me....

and yet, it's just inconceivable to me that it could actually happen. After everything that's gone down these past four years: HOW?

How can I face the Germans?

Well, no wonder I feel productive... I'm thinking, "Shit, it's only 1:30 p.m., and I'm already out of the shower!" It helps now that we're back on standard time ( Read more... )