Tuesday, April 27, 2004

Some More Thoughts on the March for Women's Lives

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On assorted boards in us.imdb.com, some of the anti-choice folks have decided to decry any actor or actress who dares to be publicly pro-cho...
Monday, April 26, 2004

A Death in the Family and a Weekend With Almost a Million

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I was out of town over the weekend, and came home to find out that my Uncle Winslow had died. It was not completely unexpected - he'd h...
Friday, April 23, 2004

An Athlete Who Was an Actual Role Model - Pat Tillman

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While I have mixed feelings about our government's promotion and conduct of the war in Iraq, I think most of us who'd rather not see...
Friday, April 16, 2004

Politics, Politics and the Unrelated Joys of Rebuilding Your Domain...

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This week, I read two contemporary books that were curiously related: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi Against All Enemies by Richa...
Tuesday, March 30, 2004

When Will Lady Liberty Reopen?

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September 11 was over two and a half years ago. The main architectural symbol of our country's liberty, the Statue of Liberty, remains ...
Sunday, March 28, 2004

Reclaiming Another "F" Word...

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During the '80s, a word many of us used proudly in the '70s practically became practically a swear in the mouths of right-wing extre...
Friday, March 26, 2004

One!

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The point of my countdown this week has been to announce that today is my last day at Pitt. I'm starting a new job on Monday with PennF...
Thursday, March 25, 2004

Two!

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I heard Richard Clarke say something yesterday that people from our government never say:      We failed you...I failed you... Politicians a...
Wednesday, March 24, 2004

Three!

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And, as of today, Dead People Server has had its 3,000,000th visitor in just over five years. Not bad for a site without any advertising a...
Tuesday, March 23, 2004

Four!

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Wednesday, March 17, 2004

An Unexpected Response to The Passion of the Christ

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I've read many reviews of The Passion of the Christ . I decided I just couldn't see it due to its violence and historical revisionis...
Thursday, March 04, 2004

Torn...Torn...Torn...

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Oh well... The Lord of the Rings movies made me a huge fan of Viggo Mortensen. I was never much of a fan of his until late in the movie Fel...
Sunday, February 22, 2004

A Short, Paranoid Fantasy

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Is Ralph Nader getting paid off by the Republicans to run? [[3/29/2004 - it turns out the answer was sort of , so I guess my fantasy wasn...
Friday, February 13, 2004

On Volunteering and Not...

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As I've mentioned in here once or twice, I've been having a longtime battle with insomnia. Like lifelong. In the past, the insomni...
Tuesday, February 03, 2004

Overreaction to the Super Bowl Costume Failure

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Only a boob would show her boob on broadcast television. And only a boob would rip the shirt in the first place. I'm not that much of a...
Friday, January 30, 2004

Weapons of Mass Destruction Found in Texas!

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Cyanide Found in Texas... ("60 pipe bombs, machine guns, silencers and remote-controlled bombs disguised as briefcases, plus pamphlets...
Sunday, December 21, 2003

Finally, Return of the King

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We went to see Trilogy Tuesday last week, seeing two extended edition LOTR movies followed by the premiere of ROTK. Line for Trilogy Tuesday...
Sunday, December 14, 2003

Political Compass

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This is all Neil Gaiman's fault. He said he found the politics self-test at the Political Compass site fascinating. I must say, he w...

I'm Going to the Oscars!....Well, Almost...

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Before I became a Hugo or Nebula fan, I was (and am) an Oscar fan. Despite the fact I have wildly mixed feelings about popular awards (don...
Sunday, November 09, 2003

People As Political Props

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( Permanent link to this essay ) People frequently use other people as props. This is most common in families - think of the way most paren...