Here’s a fascinating little article, which sort of confirms what I had been thinking and that is that: The Web Not the Death of Language: Traditional linguists fear the internet damages our ability to articulate properly, infusing language with LOLs, dorky emoticons and the gauche sharing personal information on blogs. But some researchers believe we have entered a new era of expression. “Resources for … Read More

I’m not much of a T-shirt wearer but some of these are sorta funny (and some are lame/cruel, frat-boy humor). I might have to get the “Okay, I give up. It’s Nucular” T-shirt.

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Watched (i.e. fell asleep while it was on my television) Pirates of the Caribbean – The Curse of the Black Pearl last night. Thought it was hackneyed and boring. That’s not to say that the actors weren’t great–Johnny Depp was certainly fantastic and Geoffrey Rush was his typical greatness–but there were a few too many clashing swords scenes for me (unless you are in … Read More Previous Post

this pisses me off (the Traditional Values Coalition needs to get a life)–Anti-gay religious group targets Shrek 2: “Shrek 2 is billed as harmless entertainment but contains subtle sexual messages,” says the coalition, which describes itself as a grassroots inter-denominational lobby with more than 43,000 member churches. “Parents who are thinking about taking their children to see Shrek 2 may wish to consider the … Read More

R.I.P. Hunter S. Thompson

I’m in a bit of shock over this: HUNTER S. THOMPSON: 1937-2005 Hunter S. Thompson, the counterculture writer credited with creating a new form of journalism in books like “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” was found dead Sunday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in his Aspen- area home, authorities said.

if you are interested, please read this: Sign Here to Save the Planet:Join a people’s campaign to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and then, if you feel so moved, sign the petition found here: Kyoto and Beyond. Both your planet and I thank you.

this is great: The Somerville Gates

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If you have not yet seen The Story of the Weeping Camel, please do. You will not regret it. Set in Mongolia it is the tale of a family (two sets of grandparents–or at least that’s what I thought they were–a young mother and father and their three children) who herd goats, sheep and camels. When a beautiful white colt is born and his … Read More Previous Post

poem for 2.18.05: Spring Snowby Arthur Sze

Isn’t funny how you can find things–little slips of paper with an old boyfried’s handwriting, a card envelope addressed to you and written in your mother’s hand, a receipt for gas purchased in a town you traveled through once–and how sometimes you are immediately brought back to the moment of the thing–where it was conceived–and a whole rollercoaster of nostalgia overtakes you? And then … Read More

Unkempt, by Courtney Eldridge

The stories in Courtney Eldridge’s collection, Unkempt, are breathless 1st person narratives, documenting the lifestyles of the neurotic and the damaged. Often, I had to put the book down and take a break from the voice, the monologue, the anxiety (perhaps one should not read it when one is experiencing daily panic attacks). This is not to say that I didn’t enjoy the book … Read More Unkempt, by Courtney Eldridge

a snippet of a dream–please interpret

So there are these two women I’m friends with in my non-dream life–and while they share certain sensibilities they are clearly not related. So here is the one scene I remember from last night’s dream: I’m with these two friends–it seems we were sitting down and drinking tea or something.One of them says, “We’re sisters, you know.” I’m baffled. I think, but don’t say, … Read More a snippet of a dream–please interpret