The cutest Jake Gyllenhaal (I. Love. Him!) and a puppet octopus, care of Sesame Street, will demonstrate the word that describes Jenny and Mark’s relationship since his admission that he’s a bible-thumping hypocrite who thinks with his dick.  No video...

The dusting of snow this week in the Bay area took me back to winters in Utah.  I’m used to experiencing winter through television, not through the tingle of cold at my fingertips or the steam of my breath rising into the night’s sky.  I’d still...

The result of Slate’s “Write Like Sarah Palin” contest.  Compilation, compliments of Slate. Runner-up: “In the soft periwinkle glow of the proud Alaskan morning, I awoke from my sweet slumber and sauntered over to the window to gaze longingly at that...

Maybe that image of glass being so delicate and fragile stays with us from our childhood, becoming part of our collective experience the first time we drop a glass or break a window.  When we’re cut we overlook the fact that glass is strong because...

TWO Talk Thursdays Today was my writing catch-up day, and it didn’t happen as planned because I was unpacking boxes of holiday decorations and putting lights around the rim of the house.  Me, on the roof via ladder, all by myself, because I’m a...