You might think that http://www.salon.com/people/bc/ could be a shortcut to Salon's "Brilliant Careers" archive. But no, it's a three-year-old post-election pre-impeachment cackle.

"The case has alarmed First Amendment experts, who believe Dalton is the first person in the United States successfully prosecuted for child pornography that involved writings, not images." Call me crazy, but I believe that …

I've been listening to Dar Williams's album Mortal City, which Seth gave me. There's a certain passage in "Iowa" that I've been humming to myself recently: So I asked a friend about it on a …

Brunching Shuttlecocks does it again! Quatre étoiles!

I actually did a bit of productive work today, going to the Psychology/Education liberry and picking up a load of text regarding persuasion. I finally decided to stop trying to roll my own topic for …

Suzanne R. never replied to my email. Either there's some situation I don't know about that's preventing her from doing so, or she didn't change that much since I knew her. I sent Mr. Berkowitz …

My sister's flight from San Diego to the Bay Area somewhere got canceled because of ... fog. Good to remember that sometimes air delays can come from non-human, non-malevolent sources.

I got an email from Angel! I'm so happy!

LiveJournal seems down, presumably because of high loads. The page that told me so seemed quite sparse. Sorry, we're having problems, and to find out more go to blah blah blah. When I viewed the …

Had I time enough to read, time enough at last, one work I'd enjoy would be Harper's Weekly. I spent about an hour today at lunchtime eating Chinese food and reading the November 2001 Harper's. …