religion
The Litany Against Fear
A quick Sci-Fi prayer for your Monday morning: On high-anxiety days, the Litany Against Fear, written by Frank Herbert in Dune, calms me down some.
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Monday Movie Review
Bad Reviews of Total Recall
One of my favorite quotes from any movie is at the end of Amadeus (SPOILER), when Salieri is wheeled through the insane asylum proudly raising his hand over not only the patients but also the orderlies and the priest who's come to take his confession: "Mediocrities everywhere.
Corin
Hairy and Smart
When we were having our FaceTime chat with Corin and Zadie, Diego asked if they'd seen The Dark Knight Rises. "Yes," said Zadie, "We've seen it twice!" "Twice?" "Yeah..." said Corin, "We saw a midnight showing and
drinking
Happy Hour With the Finance Crowd: Revisited
Last night was Laina's last day at her job, so I met up with her and her coworkers for a farewell happy hour at Americano. Americano is where the entire downtown crowd heads after work on a sunny day. I chowed through a plate or two of peach,
Monday Movie Review
Monday Movie Review: The Dark Knight Rises
SPOILER ALERT! Special geek-out, extra-long edition: Big, bleak, bold and baroque. If I had to pick four words to describe The Dark Knight Rises, it would be those. When we walked out, Diego just said, "Holy shit!" It's a relentless movie that Hans Zimmer and Christopher
Ash
DJ Geisha Flow
Yesterday Diego, Ash and I went for a MASSIVE dim sum brunch, then came home and laid around on the back deck complaining how there was nothing t0 do. We were just to full to move. "Hey I know," said Ash. "I've been wanting to
growing up
Flatland
When I was oh, 11 years old or so, my mother told me that as a writers, our intellect came from our ability to intertextualize. Other people are smart, but what we can do is take one thought and immediately see it from the point of view of many different
Corin
FaceBang With Corin & Zadie
Even William and Ke$ha got in front of the screen. In fact, you couldn't get little William out of the picture, he loved being on TV so much. We set up the iPad after work today so St. Frances, Diego and I could FaceTime with Corin and
banality
"I'm Letting It Soak"
I've had about 32 roommates in my life, including a narcoleptic, an engaged couple, a Chinese Communist and a male prostitute. I've dealt with some interesting things, but all my roommates had to put up with my quirks and personal failings too. Number 1 – or at
drinking
5 Reasons Sonoma Is Better Than Napa
A month or so ago Corin encouraged me to keep the blog going by writing just 5 sentences a day. His challenge was 5 sentences a day for 1 week. I made it two days. But now that I'm back in business here's 5 sentences (maybe
dating
Just Try to Relax
Laina and I are in Sonoma for the weekend, soaking up the sun, drinking lots of wine, and eating even more food. We just finished breakfast and I'm about to go to my first spa experience. Laina booked us for a 90-minute couples massage and I'm
religion
The Eye of the Needle
one of the BIG plusses of freelancing is that when you work a lot, you make a lot of money. but that can be a problem too, because unlike all your friends who have a salary, you don't necessarily want to stop working. i got really tense and