Dear Congressman Wu (and Senator Smith and Senator Wyden): Today President Bush called upon Congress to allow a vast expansion of oil drilling in the United States, especially in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and off our coastlines. I am
Think Outside the Urn
For as long as I can remember, I’ve admired those who lived their lives just a little bit differently, taking pride in themselves, their work and their lives while at the same time being unafraid of doing things just a
Old Time Rocket Scientists
Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, one of the last of the Von Braun team of rocket scientists who came to America from Germany at the end of World War II, has died at the age of 94. He left this world even
A man never forgets. A man pays his debts.
You will no doubt have read the sad news in many other places by the time you read it here, but if you haven’t seen it yet, go take a look at Sydney Pollack’s obituary. I’m hardly qualified to comment
Bloom County Classic
I subscribe to one of the online comic syndicators, and my subscription list includes “Bloom County” (which has, over the past few years, seemed every bit as relevant as it did 25 years ago). Today’s strip was one of the
And then there were four.
(Crossposted here and in the Black Is Pink Livejournal community.) It has been two days, and it is still hard to write about. We said goodbye to Lilith on Monday. She had been diagnosed with lymphoma in early February. We
It’s Not April 1 Yet, Is It?
From the AP wire: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush, dispatching Vice President Dick Cheney to the Middle East, said the goal is to get Israelis and Palestinians to hold firm to the promises they’ve made toward peace. Bush said Monday
Bearish Days
I was going to go off on a long rant about the painful, draining weekend Joe and I have just had, and how the really weird karma attached to it still seems to be sticking around. And how between all
This is just too much …
This is the sort of news story that just gets me so mad. When I get really mad at a story on the radio, I’ve been known to start yelling back at it. I can’t do that here, but I’m
quote for the day, plus
I actually spotted this one myself, several years ago: “Absolutely NO Stairway.” –Sign at a guitar display in a Costco store And yes, after getting thoroughly hooked on it a couple months back at a friend’s house, Joe and I