Misfortunes of Imaginary Beings

Happy New Year from Willie Nelson Dooley Wilson Cyndi Lauper and me.

This review ran today in the San Francisco Chronicle . IN DEFENSE OF FOOD: An Eater’s Manifesto By Michael Pollan Penguin Press, 244 pp., $2...

I fell into a coverage gap. The prescription coverage I had from my former employer ended on November 30, and I couldn't pick up Medicar...

I watched a football game tonight. That Patriots-Giants thing? It was fun, too. I mention it only because it's not something I normally ...

k.d. lang

A friend who lives in Palo Alto goes out for a daily walk. He was striding along happily one day when he was stopped by a woman, a complete ...

Awesomely silly, from that source of silly awesomeness, Boing Boing .

We met for breakfast this morning, one of those breathtaking cool and bright Northern California mornings we who live here take for granted....

I guess if I had to call myself anything, which I don't, it would be "Christian." Mainly because I was raised in a home that w...

I knew that there was a health-care crisis, and as an old lefty I've always believed that the government should do something about it. B...