i have now read some of my new friend maggie’s work, and have decided she’s a far better writer than i am ever likely to …

i always feel a grudging sort of gratitude when a snippet of pop culture triggers something. my academic side rebels against it, but there it …

how do you make god laugh? make a plan. [kicking and screaming, noah baumbach]

it has been a lovely thanksgiving. this despite the very, very difficult fact that stephen and i might well be no more in the very …

went to see harry potter and the sorcerer’s stone last night. for the very few among you who don’t already know, i’m a huge fan …

…is that i had an excellent conversation with an excellent bunch of people earlier this evening, ranging from forces of nature to forces of the …

“Sir, we ought to teach the people that they are doing wrong in worshipping the images and pictures in the temple.” Ramakrishna: “That’s the way …

Phineas has updated his front page. Bless him. He’s also working, which is even better. Granted, the clients logo is, in Phin’s own words, “the …

After more than two weeks of wrestling, i’ve finally been able to resurrect the site. ominously (or not), it died just as i was writing …

sorry, did i say laryngitis? i meant plague. or perhaps some heretofore unknown variant of afro-asian todesflu. now will someone shoot me?