I’m currently watching The Gilmore Girls. They just showed a scene where Rory returns the new The Shins CD to Lane and then borrows The New Pornographers CD. Funny, I never thought I’d be getting music suggestions from a prime-time TV show. Other interesting GG tidbit: Grant-Lee Phillips plays the town troubadour in several episodes.

David Leavitt’s Arkansas: Three Novellas Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

Below is an image I found on one of the ACLU sites. The organization also has a poster-size version that you can download and print for free.

I don’t live in the best neighborhood in Manhattan. Still, I find it rather disturbing that our post office is named “Hell Gate Station”.

I had a wonderful birthday last Thursday. Christian and I began the day by going to the Beacon Theater on the Upper West Side to hear Al Gore speak about global warming. We sat about 5 rows behind Tipper Gore and Al Franken. Gore is an amazing speaker who knows way too much about the [...]

The winners of the Bush in 30 Seconds advertising contest have been announced. Judges included Jack Black, James Carville, Al Franken, Janeane Garofalo, Michael Moore, and others. Moveon.org is hoping to play “Child’s Pay” during the Super Bowl with the help of donations.

Writer/performance artist Spalding Gray is missing. Christian assumes that he committed suicide, but I’m still hoping for the best. If you’ve never seen Gray perform one of his pieces, you can see Gray’s Anatomy on DVD or sometimes on Bravo/IFC. I prefer Swimming to Cambodia, but that doesn’t seem to be available. Speaking of suicide, [...]