Goddammit, people. I'm sick of this. Right now my actual biggest fear about the election is that afterwards Jon Stewart isn't going to be funny anymore. I don't know if any of you ever liked Dennis Miller or P.J. O'Rourke, but I think something is going to happen to Jon Stewart that happened to...
7:20 a.m.: Up 10 minutes before the alarm 7:21 - 8 a.m.: Fight the urge to go back to bed, curse Paco who is sitting on the corner of the bed looking like he'd really like to keep my feet warm 8 a.m.: Bagel, cup of coffee #1, chastise people who think it is okay to IM someone at 8:02 in the morning,...
The first presidential election I was eligible to vote in was the notorious 2000 election. After plenty of research (and some college-inspired soul-searching), I proudly cast my first ballot for Al Gore. I have voted dutifully in every election since (presidential, primary or otherwise), albeit with...
I was browsing the new book section in Borders during lunch this week, and I found a book called State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America. The idea behind the book is that the editors, Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey, asked 50 writers to write about one of America's 50 states. There's a good...
Yesterday I met an interesting person who happens to share some of my political views. She recently moved from a place where her views were in the minority and she is finding it much easier to express herself here in Portland. That got me thinking about all the great people I know who do not agree...
I really love that M-----l has this monthly column about books. Since I am always scrabbling about for ideas, I am totally ripping off this idea. I hope he doesn't mind. I will give him the props each month, because despite some questionable taste he deserves it. BOOKS ACQUIRED (I am not saying...
I super-cleaned the Supergenius HQ living room today. It feels good and looks even better. I am hoping to get to the rest of the rooms cleaned sometime over the next week. The bad part of cleaning is that i managed to find all the books that have come into my possession lately that I haven't read...
Books Purchased: (This should actually be labeled "Books Acquired" this month because nine of them were birthday presents.) Too Cool to be Forgotten by Alex Robinson The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz Drown by Junot Diaz Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse Something to Declare...
I really like Sarah Vowell, partly I think because she and I have far too much in common. But also because she writes books like this. It's funny and full of random but fun historical facts that I love knowing and storing up and then letting out at parties. But it also describes a type of patriotism...
This quote from Sarah Vowell made me laugh this morning... Despite his consistent party-line voting record, some independents and Democrats still think of Senator McCain as the most palatable, independent-minded Republican. But this is the sort of empty compliment a friend of mine once compared to...
post-unrequited crush loneliness, followed by actual love, then loss, then recovery. I am a solitary and it shall be okay. losing some 30 lbs (though this week I’ve been doing my damnedness to recover that as well). getting in touch with my Inner French Girl. shifting from telecommuting isolation...
I have now read 3 of Sarah Vowell's 4 books. This one, The Wordy Shipmates, comes out tomorrow, and I'm excited for her event at Barnes and Noble on Wednesday. I enjoyed The Wordy Shipmates. It's well written, and the Puritans are a fascinating subject. One of the things that makes Sarah Vowell so...
This American Life is already, in my view, the logical center of existence, but this week's episode has got me hyped. In addition to three amazing segments (David Rakoff learns how to watch TV, Sarah Vowell recounts popular sitcoms' treatment of Thanksgiving, Dan Savage worries that the Disney...
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