I have a horrible confession to make. I am addicted to the comments on articles and blog posts on the LA Times website (and note that more and more of the coverage linked off the main page is in the form of blog posts). I fully recognize that these comments are not a [...]

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Many many years ago I was enthralled with a woman who was important to a man with whom I was also enthralled (complicated enough for you?)  This woman–call her J., because that was her first initial–was enthralled with another man, who happened to be at Harvard at the time.  J. and the man with whom [...]

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I know it’s said that nobody walks in LA (or alternatively, only nobodies walk in LA). If that were true I’d probably be a great deal happier given that one of the main things that irks me about living in LA is how oblivious people seem to be to other people. This is true, [...]

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I work at home two days a week and in an office on the other side of the city from home three days a week.  So Wednesday through Friday my life is pretty focused on that whole “commute” thing.  To make things a bit more pleasant than they could be I work 10ish to 6:30ish [...]

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Lately I have been reading more.  I also watch more TV than I previously ever have in my life thanks to hulu.  On some level I feel a bit guilty for this but on another I am delighted when I actually get passing references made to popular shows.  I also mostly watch TV while doing [...]

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I’m a bit behind on my movie watching (and by “a bit” I think I probably mean “hopelessly”). However, I’m spending the week with my parents, who actually use their Netflix membership to get as many movies per month as Netflix will send them. So tonight we watched Doubt.  I was left, at [...]

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In her poem One Art Elizabeth Bishop begins:
The art of losing isn’t hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
But what of the art of quitting? It is much like the art of losing, I think. But I am realizing lately that though [...]

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Ok, if you know me, you may very well know that I hate valentine’s day. I have always hated valentines day.* In high school I used to try to get my friends to join me in wearing black on February 14th to demonstrate our disdain for the whole concept.  They, however, shared neither [...]

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People sometimes ask me what it is that I like about living in L.A. (usually in conversation where I have just admitted that I thought I’d hate it here when I moved but quickly came to love it). Of course there is one obvious answer. It’s about 68 degrees today and while it [...]

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A couple of days ago a web acquaintance pointed out this shirt on thinkgeek. It has a drumset decal on the front that’s hooked up to a battery pack and speaker so that it actually plays when you tap it. Cool idea, right?  Well, yes, but….  My first thought on seeing it was [...]

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