Monthly Archives: June 2011

I am a progressive.  Right now, I am wincing. The entire Anthony Weiner debacle just keeps spiraling out of control.  I feel a bit sorry for Jon Stewart, who has stated that Weiner is a friend, and discussed the difficulty … Continue reading →

Another sign you may be a lawyer: when you are tempted to post the entire lyric to a song which seems to apply to your life, and you feel that it would exceed fair use.  And you actually care.*  So … Continue reading →

Note to self: If you are looking for something upbeat to improve a pretty crappy day, the Next to Normal soundtrack ain’t it.

The entire Anthony Weiner affair saddens me.  The man clearly has a problem.  And in so many ways, he has been such a stalwart defender of us little guys that to see that those feet of clay are so very … Continue reading →

What’s on my “Sondheim CD” playlist: The Advantages of Floating In the Middle of the Sea, Pacific Overtures The Ballad of Booth,  Assassins Buddy’s Blues, Follies Chromolume #7/Putting It Together, Sunday in the Park with GeorgeComedy Tonight, A Funny Thing … Continue reading →

I am currently taking a class which includes work on learning “mindfulness.” Mindfulness is a useful concept: according to one of its most well-known proponents, John Kabat-Zinn, “Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present … Continue reading →

  Having gotten all my music back, the next task is recreating playlists. First and foremost was the “Broadway” playlist. Followed by not one but three Sondheim lists: “Sondheim,” and from that “Sondheim Favorites,” and from that a “Sondheim CD.” … Continue reading →

The weather has improved. It is a sunny and clear day here in Northern California. And I am pondering how this place has become, in some sense, home. Not completely. Home is the Gulf Coast of Florida. Yet, if I … Continue reading →

The last line of my “Lessons Learned from Law School” bit in the Stanford Lawyer is “I have learned that learning law irretrievably warps how you view the world.” I need to write another piece: “How To Tell You’re Still … Continue reading →

A small thing, but mine own.

Dear Diamond Match Company: Those “strike anywhere” matches?  Aren’t. ************** Dear Ben and Jerry’s: I have loved your flavor names before, but “Clusterfluff” just takes the proverbial cake.  Too bad it’s peanut butter — I never have liked peanut butter … Continue reading →

Me:  What are your plans for the rest of the day?Red-Headed Menace:  Rant about how much the SAT Subject tests suck?

Yesterday, the Rocket Scientist and I were  discussing the evening we had gone to dinner with the Resident Shrink and her friend from the East Coast.  The evening when I had the “Corpse Reviver” at the British Banker’s Club, and… … Continue reading →

I am thoroughly spoiled.  Like all Northern Californians, I feel it appropriate to whine about what may be, year-round, the most temperate and gentle climate in the country.  Except for a few weeks in late summer/early autumn, when the heat … Continue reading →

I am sitting in yet another ubiquitous Starbucks, waiting for the Red Headed Menace to finish his SAT Subject test.  (His teacher suggested, rather sensibly, that the time to take the subject test was right after he had taken the … Continue reading →