2 Years Later, Grim Photos From the BP Disaster

Last weekend, a big snow storm. This morning: a thunderstorm in February.
That maniacal supervillian has obviously cranked up his weather modification machine. Someone save us! Tom Ridge, where are you?!

You know, for a long time I’ve been thinking — in a shallow way, way back in my brain — about moving. Not moving down the street, or to another county, but far away. Austin, Santa Fe, Monterey  [more...]

As I begin the slow but certain slide into old-man-hood, each new sign of aging is a bewildering shock. Today, I discovered that my eyebrows are becoming wild and unruly, with long curly hairs popping up every which way  [more...]