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When I walk--particularly in the evenings--I engage in idle calculations. Nothing of any importance, mind you--usually I'm figuring out ...

" My life is made of Patterns/That can scarcely be controlled" --Paul Simon There is great comfort in patterns... I think that all...

I have endured HBO's two-part Empire Falls ... but just barely. I had hoped for an insightful character-driven drama; what I got was a m...

Reading a discussion with Ed Brubaker at Newsarama regarding what strikes me as his brutalization of Captain America's heritage, I'...

Like probably 90% of the world's living population (and probably an equal percentage of the dead population, for that matter), I really ...

After a couple days of indecisiveness, I went ahead and loaded Mac OSX 10.4, aka Tiger , onto my Powerbook today. I got the software on Frid...

Just got in from a midnight walk; it was a glorious night, the sort of midnight that we all too rarely get in May... forty-nine degrees, cri...

In trying to describe Deadwood to Brett, I found myself using the phrase, "The Western that Shakespeare would have written, although w...

For many years--when I was about seventy pounds heavier than I am now--I was addicted to M&M's. When I determined to lower my body w...

This evening, Susan and I had dinner at American Cafe, which is part of a chain owned by the same company that owns Ruby Tuesday's. We...