brilliant mistake

Skinny is the new black

“‘He’s too new … and he needs to put some meat on his bones,’ says...

Aug 1st

“If you notice, since Britney started wearing clothes and...”
— See, there are times when I...

Aug 1st

“…after scientists learn that accurate, but nuanced,...”
— A nice article that misses one...

Aug 1st

The year of minimal public service continued yesterday with jury duty. My back injury had already...

Aug 1st

“As a lawyer and later a prosecutor in Alaska, Stevens...”
— It’s so easy to forget...

Jul 30th

I know ABC news is all proud they have their own seismometer, complete with ABC7 logo, but all I can...

Jul 29th

Newscasters “hope” business is going on as usual in LA, and truly “hope”...

Jul 29th

Holy Crap

Earthquake. Not small. Not huge. Suddenly realize I am lying below large stacks of boxes filled...

Jul 29th

Chaiten, Chile  via eruptions

Jul 27th

“It is worth considering that “Brideshead Revisited” appeared...”
— It is worth considering that...

Jul 27th

“Web readers are persistently weak at judging whether...”
—  Literacy Debate - Online, R...

Jul 27th

“It is also home to the largest free-standing spiral...”
— I love it when colleges brag...

Jul 24th

“Christian created these ‘Ageless’ skinny pants...”
— Provided Grandma has $280, is...

Jul 24th

“…the Title Niners (as I call the advocates of applying...”
— He must have been patting...

Jul 23rd

“After 30 years at newspapers, including 18 at the Times, I...”
— LA Observed: Reporter...

Jul 22nd

Fish pedicure via image.guim.co.uk

Jul 21st

Not that I'll get off the couch

I just calculated my neighborhoods walkability score- 91! My sister’s address in Williamsburg...

Jul 19th

2 shot in bicycle drive-by outside South Los...

Jul 16th

Male Bias or Female Choice? - TierneyLab -...

Jul 16th

Tied shoes for first time six weeks. Much joy. Now resting...

Jul 16th

I’ve been watering the plants at my mother’s...

Jul 15th

Jul 15th

“I’m the kind of person who can’t separate a...”
— …and then I eat them,...

Jul 13th

Don’t want to end on a negative note (I don’t...

Jul 13th

“As many as 20 officers were involved in what Beck described...”
— LAPD undercover unit shoots...

Jul 13th

Get off my frequency

Wireless networks detected at various times today from my couch Blackburn blacksaint casper ...

Jul 11th

“Boiling eggs can be tricky because…”
— A) It involves something...

Jul 10th

“No man in this country is so high that he is above the law....”
— Cited by Representative Laura...

Jul 10th

elpasajero: tinypic

Jul 9th

I am weirdly obsessed with the eruption of Chaiten Volcano...

Jul 4th

Watch

Jul 4th

The tube of you...but not YOU

After flipit sent me a link to video of his on youtube (update: above! Or click on links. Why not do...

Jul 4th

“Why, as an American, do I have to push a button to speak...”
— Why, as an American, must I...

Jul 3rd

“You all know the paradox we find ourselves in: Thanks to the...”
— Surely he means irony not...

Jul 3rd

And the winner is...

Jordin Sparks!  Not that I knew this. I mean, just because she won the most popular singing...

Jul 2nd

“With some derision for the Bush administration’s arguments,...”
— Federal appeals court on a...

Jul 1st