Which is more of a sign of permanence: the lease that I signed on this house, or the four tropical plants I just planted in pots on my patio?

Which is more of a sign of permanence: the lease that I signed on this house, or the four tropical plants I just planted in pots on my patio?

I was supposed to go to San Francisco’s big pride festival this weekend, but I just… well, for so many reasons, I just decided not to. First off, I am suddenly swamped with work that needs to be finished at [more...]
I was just watching a documentary biography of Elizabeth Taylor on “Great Performances,” which said flat-out that James Dean was gay. Is this now an accepted fact? I had no idea that there was some kind of [more...]
The Bay Area is hazy today. In San Jose this is unusual, the skies are usually clear here with a little smog now and then; but today there’s haze everywhere you look because of two big fires. One is south of here [more...]