This book has been on my shelf for about 10 years.  Since the late nineties, it’s been skulking there in the corner.  Bright-oranged and baby-blued,…

I know it’s been way too long since I’ve hit the right balance of inspired and untired to do a little writing, but the last…

Recently, The Economist ran this article about a new law to rid the land of Nebuchadnezzar from the the dangers of secondhand puffing by introducing…

Great interview in the month’s TapeOp with Sufjan Stevens, a man mostly unknown but loved and adored by my former clique in the big ol’…

Here’s the quick deal on this one:  There’s been a lot of love passed around my extended circles of friends with this book, and baby,…

In a self-less act of self-denial of the cynical self, and in an effort to cultivate the warm little garden of love a-bloomin’ in my…

Now this is getting exciting.  For the second time this week, I’ve been able to blog about a book by an I author I know. …

I recently had the pleasure of enjoying Dr. Johnson’s accessible yet thorough summation of the upper-left coast’s passionate political dalliance with Marx and his recounting…

Yes, yes, yes… give me 200 pages of always superfluous & sometimes superlicious style and this blind pig will find the acorn.  Or maybe a…

In recent issues of Wired and The Economist, the same quote was trotted out by both ‘zines to sum up a new debate on what…