The things we do to the earth

In our inimitable American style, we seem to have become bored with war, terrorist alerts, tax cuts, and the like. In the last week, I’ve noticed the ambient buzz has become very quiet, despite the budget fight in  [more...]

Every time I’d been up to Palo Alto, it seemed like a tiny hamlet with little to do and nothing to see. I kept looking for a mall, a theatre, anything at all to make it seem like another city. Finally, last night  [more...]

Here I lie, in bed for the last 4 days… at least, I think. I can’t quite remember through the feverish delusional state, but I assume I must have spent some time out of bed because my house is a wreck  [more...]