I ran into Thurston Moore, guitarist for Sonic Youth, at the book party for Up Is Up, But So Is Down: New York’s Downtown Literary Scene, 1974-1992, an anthology we’re both in. I told him I am beginning an anti-Beatles blog. "The Beatles are The Beatles," said Thurston, tautologically. Then he added: "There are innovators […]
Lesbians Love Portland
Portland may be one of the most lesbian friendly towns in North America. Kiss your sweetie in public and you’re likely to be told to, "get a room." For such a small city, there’s so much for every sort of lesbian to do here, you probably ought to book an extra day or two. And […]
Why Were Cloned Animals Declared Safe for Human Consumption by the FDA?
The FDA announced today that it would give preliminary approval to lift a five year-old, informal ban on including the meat or milk of cloned cattle, pigs and goats in the US food chain. Sheep remain off-limits until more evidence is produced. Should this decision remain in place, the United States would become the first […]
An Epidemic
Public awareness for the cataclysmic problems in schools skyrocketed on April 20, 1999. Imagine if you will… or try not to, it might be better for your soul… just a typical high school girl sitting at her desk between classes, talking to friends, enjoying the few free moments she has to not think about homework, […]
Those Aren’t Sausages; They’re My Legs
I absolutely love dresses. I love the way they swish around, how they blow-up just the tiniest bit when the bus drives by, how I can gather apples up in them and how great my legs look when I’ve been diligently going to the gym and riding my bike. As much as I love dresses, […]
Dr Kramer
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">About a week after one of those what-are-you-doing-after-all-these-years email drops into the basket, I find myself struggling for an answer. Would that I had a neat one-liner of a career! Engineer! Marketing manager! Drug-addled whore! Cop! Dropout and copout! None-of-the-above is ticked with a tut-tut and I tinkle at keyboard […]