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Older Entries

2009-02-04 - those first two estates
2009-02-03 - nativity
2009-01-28 - I am with Brahman
2009-01-25 - angry
2009-01-23 - i am
2008-12-29 - the year of no safe harbor
2008-12-23 - carving out a little quiet time for christmas
2008-12-12 - mws
2008-12-10 - a jazz and blues christmas
2008-12-09 - pieroghi nightmares
2008-12-02 - a sour note prior to Turkey Day
2008-11-28 - I'm done
2008-11-25 - a plague upon this house
2008-11-05 - election tensions
2008-11-04 - the deal is closed. alleluia
2008-11-03 - our house acts like a living thing
2008-11-01 - liberal angst
2008-10-30 - the flasher
2008-10-28 - pedestals and footsteps
2008-10-26 - missspellling
2008-10-25 - resistance is futile. you will be assimilated.
2008-10-23 - relative craziness
2008-10-21 - ah, the joys of wedded bliss
2008-10-18 - sometimes they have me where they want me
2008-10-15 - getting out of the dog house
2008-10-13 - a spooky conversation
2008-10-11 - a home of our own, day 366
2008-10-09 - it's christmas... what?!?
2008-10-07 - put the feather to the leather, and other random notes
2008-10-05 - iPhone nation
2008-10-04 - king harvest (has surely come)
2008-10-02 - the long hand of history
2008-09-30 - she.will.not.play.with.me!
2008-09-29 - maybe we deserve to burn in Hell
2008-09-19 - the Great Depression?
2008-09-16 - the fundamentals of our economy
2008-09-14 - the favorite "lttle d" democrat
2008-09-13 - iPhone karma
2008-09-11 - dissertatus interruptus
2008-09-10 - the new identity politics
2008-09-10 - my liquid investment portfolio
2008-09-09 - taking stock
2008-09-08 - the hidden links between mysteries
2008-09-07 - the cult of home ownership
2008-09-06 - the (not) learned astronomer
2008-09-05 - palintology
2008-08-30 - one breath at a time
2008-08-27 - For sale: baby shoes, never used.
2008-08-07 - rooting through my musical attic
2008-08-07 - when meating fact is stranger than fried fiction
2008-07-29 - a convergence in celebration
2008-07-25 - different kinds of nosebleed country
2008-07-24 - the height of summer
2008-07-13 - science in action
2008-07-07 - at play in the fields of the subconscious
2008-07-04 - vacation and after
2008-06-23 - a change of venue
2008-06-21 - the giving tree
2008-06-20 - listmania
2008-06-15 - busy, busy weekend
2008-06-09 - pig blood not included
2008-06-08 - crickets
2008-06-07 - new blooze reviews
2008-05-28 - call me bubble boy
2008-05-27 - a busy, busy weekend
2008-05-21 - bad life goals
2008-05-20 - stagflation
2008-05-14 - pork fatigue
2008-05-13 - The Diogenes Club
2008-05-12 - hummingbirds! yay!
2008-05-07 - quarantine protocol abel baker nine five seven
2008-05-03 - Geek Mix
2008-05-02 - and the answer is...
2008-05-01 - garden karma
2008-04-30 - the truly educated never graduate... from traffic school
2008-04-29 - wrung out
2008-04-22 - something nice
2008-04-15 - on poetry
2008-04-14 - poor amy winehouse
2008-04-12 - Fever
2008-04-11 - the deed is done
2008-04-02 - out here in the fields, I work for my meals...
2008-03-28 - the job interview post mortem
2008-03-26 - that other thing and taxes
2008-03-19 - Mr. Obama's speech
2008-03-19 - if it's in Wikipedia, it must be true
2008-03-04 - music and other auditory hallucinations
2008-02-27 - in which much that is wrong with American culture is revealed by a hotel soda machine
2008-02-15 - the constructive uses of denial
2008-02-11 - our telephone is possessed
2008-02-09 - that dark dead of night
2008-02-06 - before the music dies
2008-02-05 - decisions, decisions
2008-02-01 - more Mullet Man and Beehive Boy
2008-01-31 - plus de melange
2008-01-30 - melange a trois
2008-01-15 - when your computer isn't your computer anymore
2008-01-10 - pollsters know nothing
2008-01-07 - a pleasant surprise
2008-01-06 - the return of appetite
2008-01-04 - three hours of sleep
2008-01-01 - happy new year, United Airlines!
2007-12-31 - that damned green fairy
2007-12-28 - potentially spoiled
2007-12-25 - MojoHD gives good Yule Log
2007-12-18 - spotted richard
2007-12-16 - there is a hex on me
2007-12-14 - Mr. Toad's wild ride
2007-11-30 - what a ride!
2007-11-17 - tomorrow the green grass
2007-11-16 - a wicked holiday (boxing) combination
2007-11-15 - taking money out of my pocket...
2007-11-11 - custom closets and a fat lip
2007-11-10 - waiting for godot... and what happened after
2007-11-06 - 20lbs, 9kg, 1.42 stone
2007-11-01 - halloween and gray water
2007-10-25 - the comfort of routine
2007-10-22 - walking dead
2007-10-19 - a moment of peace
2007-10-18 - the joys of home ownership...
2007-10-07 - notes from the chrysalis
2007-09-27 - no longer an iTunes Store virgin
2007-09-26 - the workout is real
2007-09-25 - a slow day punctuated with excitement
2007-09-23 - an old wound, poked and prodded
2007-09-19 - nightmares and diets
2007-09-16 - people keep saying I should be thrilled
2007-09-13 - a very good question about data backup
2007-09-12 - perhaps we should blame the iPod
2007-09-11 - the fear that should not be named... and meltdowns
2007-08-25 - rock on, genius bar supervisor
2007-08-22 - recaptured youth, courtesy of the Internet
2007-08-21 - the ditty bops
2007-08-17 - hail and farewell
2007-08-16 - tired, depressed, wrung out
2007-08-14 - there's nothing to see here... move along... oh look! SUNSCREEN!
2007-08-13 - house number 26
2007-08-06 - 20th high school reunion
2007-07-30 - caught in a trap... I can't get out
2007-07-28 - lets run again ... and I will follow you
2007-07-27 - gossip central
2007-07-20 - 24 houses later
2007-07-13 - yoga pain
2007-07-09 - rejection!
2007-07-05 - black is the new white
2007-07-02 - anyone need a sofa?
2007-06-20 - rest in peace, Mr. Wizard
2007-06-14 - good things to watch
2007-06-12 - there are better ways to spend a night
2007-06-04 - a non-voluntary break
2007-05-27 - the footsteps of my venerable ancestors
2007-05-22 - sometimes I am a little dim
2007-05-21 - what a thousand dollars gets you
2007-05-17 - the matrix has us
2007-05-15 - xanadu
2007-05-14 - cast iron
2007-05-11 - smoke on the water
2007-05-10 - non-cost effective
2007-05-09 - like finding a coelacanth
2007-05-01 - May Day meditations
2007-04-27 - I suppose I am in training now...
2007-04-25 - hippies in the dust...
2007-04-22 - taking care of my This Old House jones
2007-04-19 - me and my big mouth
2007-04-15 - the harri3t mix covers
2007-04-08 - easter in slovakia
2007-04-04 - easter lilies
2007-04-03 - the words aren't coming too easy...
2007-03-26 - another year, another car accident
2007-03-23 - all kinds of the wrong sort of interest
2007-03-22 - circling to land or circling the bowl?
2007-03-21 - waiting for the plot to thicken...
2007-03-14 - curse you, terrorists!
2007-03-12 - nothing works...
2007-03-11 - rest in peace, Mr. Gallo
2007-03-08 - music updates
2007-03-07 - the grand adventure?
2007-03-06 - woohoo!
2007-03-05 - did Gen X kill the rock star?
2007-02-28 - madness and euphoria
2007-02-22 - a quiet, productive day
2007-02-21 - take that, oliver stone!
2007-02-13 - the "normal" one
2007-02-09 - checking my karmic credit rating
2007-02-08 - maple syrup memories
2007-02-05 - nightmare
2007-02-03 - nordstrom thinks of everything
2007-02-01 - I'm still alive
2007-01-31 - glaxoprine
2007-01-25 - in need of some good matzo ball soup...
2007-01-23 - failing health... almost everywhere
2007-01-19 - another job rejection
2007-01-18 - how not to assemble a compilation CD
2007-01-17 - think global, buy local
2007-01-16 - some tools have no place in computer repair
2007-01-12 - 40GB takes some time to fill
2007-01-04 - stupid whirring noises
2007-01-03 - an end to the holidays
2006-12-31 - new year's eve and chinese food
2006-12-29 - about that elephant in the room
2006-12-27 - christmas is too short when you grow up
2006-12-26 - a belated Christmas wish
2006-12-24 - holiday stresses
2006-12-23 - my computer and I sometimes don't get along during holidays
2006-12-22 - christmas came a little early this year...
2006-12-21 - atrocious christmas music
2006-12-19 - christmas tree fun
2006-12-14 - another spin around the sun...
2006-11-28 - tranquility, interrupted
2006-11-24 - nothing.
2006-11-20 - a deep cleansing breath
2006-11-15 - another open letter to Britney Spears, from her navel
2006-11-14 - another day, another bad job interview
2006-11-09 - a new morning in America
2006-11-07 - blindsided
2006-11-02 - beauty is a tricky thing
2006-11-01 - pearls before swine
2006-10-29 - impractical cars
2006-10-28 - their like shall not be seen again
2006-10-27 - I can't resist a music meme either
2006-10-19 - a relatively nice compliment, I think
2006-10-18 - we really must be married now...
2006-10-16 - getting back to basics
2006-10-05 - to foie gras or not to foie gras
2006-10-03 - is it a turn in the road, or a fork?
2006-09-26 - the divine mystery
2006-09-21 - dr. (band) geek
2006-09-19 - ok, so I bought a drill
2006-09-18 - IKEA, Star Wars, vacation travel, and the blues
2006-09-07 - a dead soldier that should not have died...
2006-09-06 - one of my feeble attempts at being artistic
2006-09-05 - old places, familiar faces
2006-08-31 - worker bees and worker bees
2006-08-29 - meet our tree topper... almost
2006-08-28 - proving that Murphy is still an optimist, even in the digital age
2006-08-26 - a neat trick
2006-08-25 - the death of the record store
2006-08-22 - looking to the end-of-year holidays
2006-08-20 - got a 20 year reunion itch that needs scratching
2006-08-17 - seeking a quiet place
2006-08-11 - large corporations have been messing with me
2006-08-10 - our return from the hinterland
2006-08-03 - I'm being a very bad diarist
2006-07-19 - got them turntable blues
2006-07-17 - eating up a sweat
2006-07-16 - blueberries and blues
2006-07-05 - Independence Day fireworks
2006-07-03 - immersed in early blues music
2006-06-30 - elizabethtown
2006-06-29 - what about the #%@&in' working man?
2006-06-28 - a dream with classic elements
2006-06-27 - it's Post-Feminist Stripper Pole Barbie!
2006-06-25 - lawnmower beer
2006-06-24 - hangin' with the goslings
2006-06-23 - unsettling news
2006-06-20 - why I don't like watching George W.
2006-06-19 - it only took ten years for Microsoft to become its own worst nightmare
2006-06-17 - a lot can happen in almost nine years...
2006-06-16 - a bit of forced vacation
2006-06-14 - the artist formerly known as Dr. Noah Drake
2006-06-05 - catching up with myself
2006-06-01 - eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
2006-05-28 - booking bands
2006-05-26 - thanks, mom
2006-05-23 - maybe I need to go on the wagon for a while
2006-05-21 - some good financial news
2006-05-19 - my high school years were big hair and mullets
2006-05-17 - this week's weirdness
2006-05-15 - looking for some oil on the waters
2006-05-08 - steps in my evolution
2006-05-05 - confusion, confusion
2006-05-03 - attack of the killer Bs
2006-05-02 - you want rampant consumerism? I'll give you rampant consumerism!
2006-05-01 - dealing with rejection
2006-04-28 - perhaps I should take up voodoo
2006-04-25 - things that might make me happy
2006-04-24 - a fear of creeping mediocrity
2006-04-20 - taking this cyborg thing too far...
2006-04-19 - spring is in the air
2006-04-14 - a door opens, a door closes
2006-04-13 - the five stages
2006-04-07 - dumb, dumb, dumb, pt. 2
2006-04-05 - let them eat cake
2006-04-03 - when your friends have more tolerance for alcohol
2006-04-01 - ...and this one time, at band camp...
2006-03-31 - a few shiny toys
2006-03-30 - cars, interviews, and rainbows
2006-03-29 - blind date number two
2006-03-28 - party anxiety
2006-03-25 - a moment of silence for the passing of Buck Owens
2006-03-24 - mommy wars: the early years...
2006-03-23 - Too old to rock and roll (and too young to die)
2006-03-22 - the fitness update I wanted to write yesterday
2006-03-20 - an evening out
2006-03-14 - snowy palms, shamrock shakes, and Cookie O'Puss
2006-03-10 - you call this a hotel...
2006-03-08 - easy come, easy go... I think
2006-03-07 - iPod time out
2006-03-03 - a rat on a sinking ship?
2006-03-02 - in which I feel like something of a wine snob
2006-03-01 - Lenten sacrifices
2006-02-28 - some good news...
2006-02-26 - my mind is in New Orleans
2006-02-23 - keep your fingers crossed...
2006-02-22 - sometimes the past repeats...
2006-02-21 - dumb, dumb, dumb
2006-02-16 - eating in space.
2006-02-14 - the hunting accident
2006-02-13 - paranoid and annoying thoughts
2006-02-01 - state of the union absolution
2006-01-27 - the stainless steel everyday pan as wok
2006-01-26 - new cubicle neighbors.... for a while
2006-01-25 - domestic disturbances
2006-01-24 - with prosperity comes temptation
2006-01-21 - maybe it wouldn't be hard to explain... if I only had a brain
2006-01-20 - some holiday bills arrive late...
2006-01-16 - singing, weight gain, and house envy
2006-01-15 - a last blast of Christmas
2006-01-11 - early morning thoughts
2006-01-09 - confessions of a dumpster diver
2006-01-06 - the milkman only rings once
2006-01-03 - a hint of looming tragedy
2005-12-28 - toy trains, boys, and christmas
2005-12-26 - idyl or idle?
2005-12-20 - at last, an entry...
2005-12-09 - another year to the vintage
2005-12-07 - getting into the Christmas spirit
2005-12-06 - no church on Christmas?
2005-12-05 - starting the new year early
2005-11-21 - separated at birth
2005-11-16 - curse you, Martha Stewart!
2005-11-13 - Dr. Strangeloaf
2005-11-09 - abortive thoughts
2005-11-02 - a few odds and ends
2005-11-01 - too many disks
2005-10-31 - paging Ms. Dowd
2005-10-28 - oh Lestat, where are you?
2005-10-27 - still the nervous, shy adolescent in some ways
2005-10-24 - new dreams and old dreams
2005-10-21 - the disadvantages of the working world
2005-10-18 - notes from the creative bullpen
2005-10-17 - a momentary wish for poetry.
2005-10-13 - alcoholic issues
2005-10-11 - outlet store warriors
2005-10-04 - letter of recommendation
2005-09-30 - holiday angst
2005-09-29 - keyboard snobbery
2005-09-28 - too much stuff
2005-09-27 - godmothering
2005-09-26 - marching penguins
2005-09-23 - feeling a weird kind of violated
2005-09-21 - a long standing wedding mystery solved
2005-09-20 - an overdue meme
2005-09-14 - a little bit can make a big difference
2005-09-12 - hitting the wall
2005-09-07 - fatherless boys
2005-09-06 - New Orleans, almost 10 days later
2005-09-04 - growing older with harry and sally
2005-09-01 - nebulousness
2005-08-31 - we interrupt today's entry...
2005-08-30 - an overdue dinner review
2005-08-29 - visiting the Mouse
2005-08-28 - a prayer for New Orleans
2005-08-15 - strapping on Helmet
2005-08-14 - boeuf bourgignon and double chocolate ice cream
2005-08-03 - my lost years
2005-07-28 - things at work
2005-07-25 - tales from the Great Northwest
2005-07-20 - mechanical mayhem
2005-07-06 - tomfoolery
2005-07-04 - freedom mcnuggets
2005-07-03 - an odd dream
2005-07-01 - going back to analog
2005-06-29 - contributions to history
2005-06-27 - anniversary cake
2005-06-23 - doing the wedding picture cha cha
2005-06-21 - in defense of scrapbooking
2005-06-20 - doing my part for PBS
2005-06-13 - watching the money
2005-06-10 - the piper must be paid
2005-06-08 - bad phone services
2005-06-02 - dear george
2005-06-01 - support the troops
2005-05-27 - longing for the academic life
2005-05-25 - here's a cute little stocking stuffer
2005-05-17 - a tale of two cookbooks
2005-05-12 - some days, I rule
2005-05-11 - behold, the spork
2005-05-10 - life does go on
2005-05-05 - awash in red ink
2005-05-02 - perspective homebuyers returned from their first hunt
2005-04-29 - Online dating has turned brutal
2005-04-27 - this old house?
2005-04-26 - why do people throw away this stuff?
2005-04-25 - I need to go on the wagon
2005-04-20 - re-visiting the nest
2005-04-19 - bad Popes are why God made good whisky
2005-04-14 - Britney's future baby blog
2005-04-12 - sky captain and the world of nowhere
2005-04-11 - annoying bobcats
2005-04-10 - papal thoughts
2005-04-06 - two more great movies
2005-04-04 - red, red wine
2005-03-31 - taking stock, connecting dots
2005-03-30 - Hail Eris! and all that
2005-03-29 - our first holiday dinner
2005-03-25 - what a wonderful world
2005-03-24 - a rogues gallery
2005-03-23 - rites of spring
2005-03-22 - death be not proud
2005-03-17 - my stomach, my enemy
2005-03-15 - priests on film: world tour '38
2005-03-10 - technological hipsters
2005-03-09 - teen pop divas on my mind
2005-03-08 - the future passed
2005-03-04 - things you find while DVD shopping
2005-03-03 - romance in reality and in fiction
2005-03-02 - le grand melange de la vie
2005-03-01 - fondue, in three courses
2005-02-25 - some interesting math
2005-02-22 - perfect madness
2005-02-21 - water, wine, shoes, and taxes
2005-02-18 - pet names and the habits of annoyingly cute couples
2005-02-14 - lingerie shopping
2005-02-13 - going sideways
2005-02-11 - call me swami rama-bindu-vedanta-kabbulah-bob
2005-02-10 - what is it with parents these days?
2005-02-09 - I got da schmootz
2005-02-08 - paying for the juice
2005-02-07 - Did you see the Puppy Bowl?
2005-02-04 - sometimes sitting still can be tiring too...
2005-02-03 - a headline I keep expecting to see
2005-01-31 - not much love for Ashlee
2005-01-28 - baby talk
2005-01-25 - super nanny, both serious and silly
2005-01-24 - a minor obsession with biscuits
2005-01-20 - my high school days were likely not my best days, by any measure
2005-01-18 - yet another example of why I'm glad I don't date anymore
2005-01-17 - a few things to be thankful for
2005-01-11 - ugly rumors
2005-01-10 - some good music for Christmas this year
2005-01-08 - I got spanked
2005-01-07 - I want to become a deadbeat
2005-01-06 - choices in a marriage
2005-01-05 - A New Years resolution of sorts
2005-01-03 - What's the matter with those mean red states?
2005-01-01 - home safe
2004-12-31 - All I Want For Christmas Is...
2004-12-30 - Christmas and Christmas II
2004-12-21 - completed transformations
2004-12-17 - wedding footage follies
2004-12-15 - oh Christmas tree! oh Christmas tree!
2004-12-14 - a foolish consistency...
2004-12-07 - doing my best Kissinger
2004-12-02 - dead batteries
2004-11-30 - less the cowardly lion
2004-11-29 - it's Charlie Brown season!
2004-11-28 - pies! pies! pies!
2004-11-24 - ah, the pilgrim holiday...
2004-11-23 - a guilty pleasure
2004-11-22 - I don't get "Gangs of New York"
2004-11-18 - I am a coward
2004-11-15 - as small as "meat" can be
2004-11-11 - church and state
2004-11-05 - plumber's crack
2004-11-04 - post mortem
2004-11-03 - taking it like a man
2004-11-02 - an entry I don't want to write
2004-11-02 - Election Day is finally here
2004-11-01 - let me explain... no it is too long... let me sum up
2004-10-26 - living in a man cave
2004-10-20 - echos of the past
2004-10-19 - autumn time
2004-10-12 - il n'y a pas de hors-texte and they have no freaking right.
2004-10-08 - a science discovery for the ages
2004-10-07 - change is blowing in the wind...
2004-09-30 - Butter and lard baby, yeah! Lard and butter!
2004-09-29 - I am a human pillar.
2004-09-23 - wandering the halls of justice
2004-09-21 - Jesus H. Christ with a light saber!
2004-09-16 - christmas came a little early
2004-09-15 - weddings - the gift that keeps on giving
2004-09-08 - recent food experience, good and bad
2004-09-07 - you know the meeting is REALLY bad when...
2004-09-01 - orangutans talking to gorillas
2004-08-31 - my first attempt at Mexican cuisine
2004-08-30 - fahrenheit 451
2004-08-29 - another consumer returned from the hunt
2004-08-25 - culture shock
2004-08-23 - acting your age
2004-08-20 - anarchy now! if not now, when? if not when, why? how about just NOT!
2004-08-19 - i will write this entry, I will write this entry, I will WRITE this ENTRY!!!
2004-08-12 - breaking piggy banks
2004-08-10 - that first dentist visit after a long time off
2004-08-05 - All hail the penguin
2004-08-04 - tell me that I'll never have to be out there again...
2004-08-03 - I have to share this
2004-08-02 - mechanisms of cultural production
2004-07-30 - kerry, kerry, why you buggin?
2004-07-28 - The evils of capitalism
2004-07-26 - ubermedia
2004-07-23 - food politics
2004-07-22 - sometimes you don't want to know...
2004-07-15 - AWOL wedding guests and other final wedding tidbits
2004-07-14 - Evicted!!!
2004-07-13 - still there and back again
2004-07-08 - there and back again
2004-06-28 - a great time was had by all
2004-06-25 - a princely day
2004-06-23 - slowly... losing... my... mind
2004-06-17 - growing pains
2004-06-15 - some relationships, I will never understand
2004-06-10 - a few second thoughts
2004-06-09 - random thoughts
2004-06-08 - wedding madness update
2004-06-03 - four simple rules for being a good wedding guest
2004-06-01 - Aladdin's magic carpet
2004-05-28 - a new economic indicator
2004-05-27 - 21st century astrology
2004-05-26 - a semi-auspicious date
2004-05-25 - philosophical overload.
2004-05-21 - mortal thoughts
2004-05-19 - yes Europe, you too get to join this party
2004-05-18 - some foods are just wrong
2004-05-17 - a culinary comedy of errors
2004-05-14 - the agony and the ecstasy
2004-05-12 - another party heard from
2004-05-11 - the ugly face of the United States
2004-05-10 - mopey dick
2004-05-06 - other people's pools
2004-05-05 - the enema enigma
2004-05-04 - Given an infinite number of engineers and an infinite number of word processors
2004-04-28 - ah, the future in-laws
2004-04-27 - in which my phobia for weighing myself works against me...
2004-04-26 - Iron Chef American-style
2004-04-23 - not food for thought, food thoughts
2004-04-22 - what a computer is made of these days
2004-04-21 - two hundred entries later
2004-04-20 - The JonBenet Ramsey School of Beauty and Charm
2004-04-15 - obituaries for porn stars
2004-04-13 - a dollars and sense lobotomy
2004-04-12 - 40 days down... a lifetime to go.
2004-04-09 - footnote to a historical footnote
2004-04-08 - Stewart, Monk & Idol
2004-04-07 - past the fork in the road, it's hard to go back
2004-04-05 - ten years gone
2004-04-01 - darker visions
2004-03-31 - breast, boob, or funbag
2004-03-30 - slinky! everybody loves slinky!
2004-03-29 - bargain hunters returned from the kill
2004-03-26 - horny goat weed
2004-03-25 - we're becoming a nation of lawyers and MBAs
2004-03-24 - deconstructing Anna Nicole
2004-03-23 - good news for the future Geek household
2004-03-22 - a short digression about...
2004-03-19 - more dream excerpts
2004-03-18 - a call to arms, of sorts
2004-03-17 - St. Patrick's Day resolutions
2004-03-16 - Oh Siddhartha!
2004-03-15 - a culinary lab report
2004-03-13 - in my next life, I want to be a svengali
2004-03-12 - in a gastronomic frame of mind...
2004-03-11 - another day, another new find on e-Bay
2004-03-10 - can you tell that I used to be in debate society?
2004-03-08 - perchance to dream...
2004-03-04 - an omen in former days
2004-03-03 - early to bed, early to rise...
2004-03-01 - black rubies
2004-02-27 - push polling
2004-02-25 - the rollercoaster
2004-02-22 - does anybody know what time it is?
2004-02-20 - I'm an uncle!
2004-02-17 - wedding invitation diplomacy
2004-02-15 - inspirations
2004-02-13 - Miss Jackson, is she nasty?
2004-02-12 - the next stretch of road
2004-02-09 - a fatherhood moment
2004-02-07 - why I'm not an entrepreneur
2004-02-05 - post SUV guilt
2004-02-03 - petri dish living
2004-02-02 - a shorter fuse
2004-01-31 - TV or not TV, that is the question
2004-01-30 - my left foot of fury
2004-01-28 - spectator sports with parked cars
2004-01-27 - Republican family values
2004-01-26 - yes, yes, yes, we do! we've got Spirit! how 'bout you?
2004-01-22 - describing the zebra
2004-01-20 - yo-ga! yo-ga! yo-ga!
2004-01-19 - from genesis to revelation...
2004-01-16 - my big, fat trainwreck of a TV show
2004-01-15 - geek impulse control
2004-01-12 - truth and beauty
2004-01-08 - cubist Elvis
2004-01-06 - fathers and sons
2004-01-05 - pantomimes
2003-12-29 - marty, our man on the moon
2003-12-24 - a christmas message
2003-12-24 - notes from a yuletide visit
2003-12-15 - something there is about a Christmas party
2003-12-11 - ... then comes the baby in the baby carriage
2003-12-10 - Christmas used to be easier.
2003-12-06 - I have a great fiancee...
2003-12-05 - goodbye yellow brick road...
2003-12-04 - portraits of two presidents
2003-11-26 - home for the holidays
2003-11-24 - a quiet weekend
2003-11-21 - lee harvey
2003-11-19 - rhythms of life, rhythms of love...
2003-11-17 - science and us (redux)
2003-11-11 - science and us
2003-11-10 - voted least likely to
2003-11-07 - whisky and women
2003-11-06 - whisk(e)y and romeo y juliet
2003-11-05 - cooking and coloring by numbers
2003-11-04 - the doors that close, the mistakes we make
2003-11-03 - dropping a stone
2003-11-02 - who am I writing this for, anyway?
2003-10-31 - halloween, that naughty pagan holiday
2003-10-30 - talking about rites of passage
2003-10-29 - make the pie higher
2003-10-28 - the p. diddy entertainment awards
2003-10-27 - Godparenting
2003-10-24 - a wake up call
2003-10-23 - the beginners mind
2003-10-22 - I miss people watching.
2003-10-21 - boxes are bad
2003-10-19 - sting and me
2003-10-17 - making a living on your looks
2003-10-15 - the leavening in the bread
2003-10-14 - a return to dental sanity
2003-10-13 - a whisky by any other name, would not taste as wondrous
2003-10-09 - in which Dr. Geek ruminates on parents, nuptials, and political burnout
2003-10-01 - do you call this leadership?
2003-09-27 - there but for the grace of God, go I...
2003-09-25 - the roux in the gumbo
2003-09-22 - evil thoughts about famous people
2003-09-21 - beautiful people, beautiful weddings
2003-09-18 - turning the big 3-5
2003-09-17 - electioneering 101
2003-09-15 - Boxes, boxes, boxes no more
2003-09-10 - when modern technology is laziness.
2003-09-05 - drop and give me 20!!!
2003-08-29 - changing perceptions
2003-08-27 - Kournikova for Governor!
2003-08-26 - of weddings and happily ever after
2003-08-25 - the dog days of summer
2003-08-22 - feeling the gestalt
2003-08-21 - Frida Kahlo: both sublime and ridiculous
2003-08-20 - time is out of joint
2003-08-18 - a hole in my past
2003-08-15 - the greatest story ever told?
2003-08-12 - (not-so-)soothing sounds
2003-08-11 - cd buying habits
2003-08-08 - pet issues update
2003-08-05 - sleep, perchance to dream...
2003-08-01 - From the people who brought us the Internet?!?!?
2003-07-31 - a Beautiful Mind gone terribly awry
2003-07-30 - white sugar, white death?
2003-07-29 - the doctor dating game
2003-07-28 - queer eye for bigfoot
2003-07-25 - when a member of the family goes psycho
2003-07-24 - "I'll be back" quoth the Governator
2003-07-23 - Hey hey it's Bollywood!
2003-07-22 - 12 Steps to recover from SUV ownership
2003-07-21 - transgender? what is transgender?
2003-07-18 - possessed by the past
2003-07-17 - the differences between men and women
2003-07-16 - back in the land of the living...
2003-07-02 - worried... worried... worried...
2003-07-01 - a collective sigh of relief
2003-06-26 - If I was running Iron Chef, I would...
2003-06-24 - The Devil and Mr. Hefner
2003-06-21 - Fall, five years later.
2003-06-20 - caffiend
2003-06-17 - got them HTML blues
2003-06-13 - First comes love, then comes marriage...
2003-06-11 - Hidden connections
2003-06-10 - Bruckner, Brown, Blakey, and Bop
2003-06-09 - wedding planning sticker shock
2003-06-06 - inheriting a player piano
2003-06-05 - discordia sexualis
2003-06-03 - returning home
2003-05-24 - as Ren says: "what izzzz it maaan?"
2003-05-13 - things that are annoying me these days
2003-05-09 - Thirteen again
2003-05-08 - rubber chicken and retirement...
2003-05-06 - body image update
2003-05-05 - kicking over the traces of what was
2003-05-04 - Satan's toothbrush (redux)
2003-05-02 - Double standards and me
2003-05-01 - a reality show even a foodie can love
2003-04-30 - calling all Divas...
2003-04-28 - Diet Dr. Pepper?
2003-04-28 - turn your head to the right and cough
2003-04-25 - whao nelly! I could have had a pimp juice.
2003-04-24 - Rosalind Franklin and racing for the double helix
2003-04-23 - the fat, lazy bastards in office, drunk on power
2003-04-22 - the best laid engagement plans of mice and men...
2003-04-18 - the ebb and tide of faith
2003-04-17 - a personal ad... then and now
2003-04-16 - my job is obscure and cryptic
2003-04-15 - oh, I could have been on the Springer show
2003-04-11 - will "J. Lo" come to mean "J. Loser at the box office"?
2003-04-10 - Could you type this for me?
2003-04-09 - something smells fishy, and it's not my tuchis
2003-04-08 - kiddie wrangling
2003-04-04 - a tug of war with my body
2003-04-03 - working for the Big 'O'
2003-04-02 - the CD zero effect
2003-04-01 - political wrestling
2003-03-30 - The Doctor does make the occasional house call for free
2003-03-28 - a few pearls of wisdom regarding male behavior
2003-03-27 - body dreams
2003-03-25 - Mullet Man and Beehive Boy
2003-03-24 - In vino veritas
2003-03-23 - drinking from the firehose
2003-03-21 - A one act play concerning St. Patrick's Day dinner
2003-03-20 - cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war...
2003-03-18 - no strippers please
2003-03-16 - I love my boobs
2003-03-13 - Ronzilla destroys Chicago?
2003-03-12 - call me an establishment stooge, but...
2003-03-11 - take it easy, we do this every day...
2003-03-10 - surrender, surrender
2003-03-07 - you can't take the monkey out of the man...
2003-03-06 - and now, a short word from our sponsor...
2003-03-04 - childhood dreams... childhood dreams
2003-03-03 - mayhem and fashion faux pas in Sonoma Valley
2003-02-28 - BDSM doesn't mean "Boys Don't Say Much"
2003-02-27 - not a beautiful day in the neighborhood
2003-02-26 - I get letters, oh, do I get letters...
2003-02-25 - too many Jacksons on my mind
2003-02-24 - like breathing in, like breathing out
2003-02-21 - where did all the new music go?
2003-02-20 - an open letter to Britney Spears, from her navel
2003-02-19 - should it be a church, or a barn?
2003-02-18 - I'm going to love him, and pet him, and call him George.