Given that tomorrow is the start of the Book Project, I thought I ought to explain what the Book Project is, and how it is going to work. The idea for the Book Project was seeded when I wrote about two food related books recently, and then reinforced when a friend asked me how many …
Monthly Archives: December 2007
Squawking Scarves
Marines who were fighting in Iraq last year are now working alongside the Iraqis who were shooting at them; that’s got to be awkward. Residents of a Santa Rosa neighborhood have decided to get a little more, uh, proactive about crime. High temperatures are putting a damper on New Years Eve festivities down under. Will …
Comfort Food
So, on top of having half of my electrical system basically implode yesterday, I am also sick. And as fun as it was traipsing in and out of the house in the rain switching off breakers, I planned to spend today skulking in bed reading a book, but then I remembered that I had to …
Snotty Snorkels
Twistie of Manolo for the Big Girl writes about New Year’s resolutions, and her resolution not to make resolutions about her weight. In shocking news, Rowling says she may write an eighth Harry Potter book. Joybubbles is profiled in the New York Times magazine. The San Francisco Zoo is under fire. Given that it’s a …
Power
Given that I normally post in the morning, gentle readers, you are probably wondering why I’m writing so late today. And I know that you do sorely miss the sites of interest for the day, but I swear that I have an excuse for putting an entry up so late, so never fear, all is …
Hillcrest Cemetery
The next stop in the cemeteries of Mendocino County tour: Hillcrest Cemetery, in Mendocino. RSS readers, click through if you want to see the slideshow of photographs. You can also see individual photographs showcased on six:fourteen. Hillcrest Cemetery, as the name implies, is on the top of the hill which Mendocino is built on, while …
Livid Hippos
Some eco-resolutions for the coming year, in the form of monthly direct actions which can make a small difference and possibly change your lifestyle. The Army Corps is going to test the Bay for remaining traces of oil from the spill; I’ll bet that they are going to find all kinds of neat stuff in …
Sense of Self
“To thine own self be true,” Polonius says in Hamlet. It seems to be a quote that gets repeated a lot, especially on tacky inspirational refrigerator magnets that probably would have deeply confused poor Shakespeare, especially since we live in a society where many people seem to believe the exact opposite of this saying. I …
Angry Scarves
Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated in a suicide bombing attack which killed 20 others. The medical establishment is looking for new ways to identify Alzhermer’s in the early stages. Tuberculosis is on the rise, and one of the major vectors of transmission is immigrants and refugees. People tend to feel more charitable when they’re reminded …
Bad Language
While I was eating lunch at my father’s with my Chinese mother yesterday, she was telling us about a holiday party she had gone to with a mixed crew of local Chinese and a few of the “Buddha ladies,” as my father calls them, the pretentious white ladies who flutter at the fringes of our …