Hello gang,

Please go check out the podcast of my interview with Colin Beavan, of "No Impact Man" fame, on the One Million Acts of Green site.

http://www.greennexxus.com/gnx.aspx?id=85

Okay, so I'm really getting furious now.

I just called my senator--Dianne Feinstein--in a nearly fruitless attempt to find out what her stance is on the public option in the health care reform bill.

For any of my fellow Californians reading this, Feinstein has been particularly obtuse on her… Read full post »

I have to confess, I'm pretty surprised, and not pleasantly.

Despite high hopes that we were moving away from the blue state/red state abyss, it isn't turning out that way.

Instead, Republicans across the country and the airwaves are in the throes of a moral indignation so powerful it's… Read full post »

So I'm writing for a new site—OneMillionActsofGreen.com--which I hope you will all check out.  

One of the coolest features is the ability to enter your "acts of green," such as "I turn off the water when I brush my teeth," or "I have solar panels installed on my roof," into a… Read full post »

So there's this phenomenon--pretty much everyone is familiar with it, particularly here on OS--in which a purportedly normal, functional member of society sets himself (it's almost always a man) a blog, with the seeming sole purpose of representing as a huge, gaping, ignorant asshole. 

While he&… Read full post »

Notification

Up the drive, late, come

Two straight-backed soldiers, in dress;

Stand on the dark porch.

Inside, a woman

Sits taut in her chair, waiting

For the fist to fall.

When death comes knocking

To claim your proud, fine, best boy,

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To those who ask why

of life, I say, Be amazed

by all empty holds.  

Happy birthday, Karen.

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Fridays are officially my favorite day. And because Friday is my favorite day, Thursday afternoon and evening are my children's least favorite day.

On Thursdays, they are asked to spend an hour or two diligently preparing for the arrival of Marina. "Pick that up," I order. "Marina is coming tomorrow… Read full post »

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From AP:

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, engulfing the compound and a warehouse in fire and destroying thousands of pounds of food and humanitarian supplies intended for Palestinian refugees.

U.N. workers and Palestinia… Read full post »

I am not entirely sure there even ARE 25 things about me, much less 25 things that anyone would want to know, but here we are nonetheless. Don't say I didn't warn you.

1. I go on food binge thingies where I eat the same thing over and over for… Read full post »

Well, the stockings were hung, and then unhung. Lula loves loves loves her peacoat. Chrissy is thrilled with her giraffe bag and her hair straigtener, and I am wrapped up cozy in my new cozy blue robe, getting ready to make coffee on my new tiny little Italian espresso… Read full post »

I've gotten a couple of emails (thanks, you guys) regarding my radio silence lo these past few weeks. Truth is, I've been somewhat bummed-slash-nervous. Truth is, I didn't really want to talk about it. Truth is, I got laid off, at least mostly.

 But the good news… Read full post »

Nothing particularly fancy going on at my house today. It's 1 pm, and Chrissy is out hunting down flowers (which I forgot to get yesterday) and Pete's coffee, which one can never turn down when it's offered. For the first time this year, she really helped me cook. Normally, I'm such… Read full post »

So here’s my confession: I have no great love story to share, and likely never will. Call me a cynic (and I’m sure you're doing just that, or will be by the end of this post) but I’m not a big believer in romantic love (also known as… Read full post »

Oh my enigma, wrapped in Abercrombie & Fitch and an impossible fountain of dark curls. My small girl, lovely in her bones, lazy to their marrow. Where is my eyeliner? My earrings? Your shoes? All lost to the chaos vortex you call your room.

You, the confessor,… Read full post »

 (Not my actual stew, but THE actual stew)

Really amazingly great recipe from Cooks Illustrated, with minor alterations by me. Try it! You'll like it!

What you need:

 It seems to me that the thrust of many well meaning tactical arguments in light of the passage of Prop 8 is that gay and lesbian people asked for too much, too soon. That the next practical step is to wait until acceptance of gay marriage reaches some hypothetical tipping point,… Read full post »

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