“What is that sound? Is there an emergency alert on the TV? No, it’s your iPhone!”

I should have known better, but then again, I always do things I know I shouldn’t. Just a little while ago, I sat down to watch a travel show on Washington, DC. Now I’m achingly homesick. San Jose has  [more...]

This entry over at Nicole’s gofish made me sad and upset. It’s against the rules for U.S. soldiers in Iraq to have pets, but the skinny black puppy that wandered up to the Florida National Guard soldiers at  [more...]

Lavinia Smith, the noted virologist and the aunt of well-known journalist Sarah Jane Smith, has died. She was 81. Well, actually, Mary Wimbush — the actress who played that part — has died. She was on BBC  [more...]