Advice to Writers January 29th, 2015 @ 8:21 am PST
On Pride and Prejudice January 28th, 2015 @ 10:38 am PST
Happy birthday to a book I’ve never read: Pride and Prejudice was published for the first time 202 years ago today. “I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can’t conceal my frenzy from the reader; and therefore I have to stop every time I begin. Every time […]
Los Angeles Monorail January 26th, 2015 @ 6:44 am PST
Why can’t we have nice things?
#FridayFive: Pearl Jam Albums January 23rd, 2015 @ 1:26 pm PST
Read the Friday Five …
Life in Space January 17th, 2015 @ 5:27 pm PST
An exploration of life aboard the International Space Station, and the surprising reasons the mission is still worthwhile
#FridayFive: Steaks January 16th, 2015 @ 1:15 pm PST
Ranking Steaks
Good Enough January 13th, 2015 @ 6:38 am PST
“Growing up in a place that has winter, you learn to avoid self-pity. Winter is not a personal experience, everybody else is just as cold as you, so you shouldn’t complain about it too much. You learn this as a kid, coming home crying from the cold, and Mother looks down and says, ‘It’s only […]
#FridayFive: Soul Coughing January 9th, 2015 @ 7:54 am PST
Read the Friday Five …On a Happy Marriage January 8th, 2015 @ 7:13 am PST
We are as happy as people can be, without making themselves ridiculous, and might be even happier; but, as a matter of taste, we choose to stop short at this point. Nathaniel Hawthorne
#FridayFive: Dreaming to Run January 2nd, 2015 @ 7:50 am PST
In which I think of places to roam
