out in the daylight

Toilet Graffiti

Have you ever graffitied a toilet wall? I find it mostly stupid like '____ luvs _____'. Who cares? I'm trying to pee here and I don't really want to know about some 16 years old's love life!However...

Coldplay Sets Track Listing For New EP

Prospekt's March will feature:1. Life In Technicolor (II)2. Postcards From Far Away3. Glass Of Water4. Rainy Day5. Prospekt's MarchAdditionally, a Jay-Z infused remix of 'Lost!' will see daylight...

To Nathan A. In Southern California

...whose splendid presents turned up on my doorstep this afternoon:Whaddya nuts, or what? Have you ever e-mailed me before? I've glanced at my archives and don't see you. You know, I found...

Lesters Dominates, Bay Blasts and Red Sox Win Game One Over Angels 4-1

WOW! Watching Jon Lester wriggle out of early inning mini-jams and then getting stronger and stronger as the game rolled by made me say just that after his brilliant outing was finished. The only run...

two fold meaning of sawm

Sawm is the original word in Arabic which has been commonly translated as fasting. The word sawm is derived from Syriac 'sawmo' and in its originality it carries deeper meaning than primarily...

Roasted Eggplant and Goat's Milk Yogurt Dip

When I recovered my kitchen after seven weeks (seven! weeks!) of renovation chaos -- and this was just to redo the bathroom, mind you -- the very first thing I made was a yogurt cake, to fortify us...

Saturday:: Monolith under gorgeous blue skies (which turned upon us but we almost didn't care)

Saturday was the start of the Monolith Festival and we were ready. The morning dawned perfect and gorgeous (and by dawned I mean 10am) and our parking lot tailgate went off without a hitch. Well,...

Unsupervision Orders

Apparently, people think heart attacks are the sudden, dramatic, chest-grabbing affairs we see in movies. The reality is that the symptoms are 'woolly, ambiguous and easy to ignore'.The British Heart...

Missing supernova is found at last

One of the biggest blasts in our galaxy went off without anyone spotting it because it was hidden behind a cloud of dust, astronomers revealed today.The explosion, a suicidal star called a supernova,...

Ultimate 80's Midsummer's Day

But, you may ask, what about the rest of us who are awake during daylight hours and need something more upbeat? Here you go, a companion to the previous mix... the best 80's daytime mix ever:Listen...

Spring Ahead to Easter

Seems like we just had Leap Day, now tonight we "spring ahead" for an extra-early daylight saving time. Easter is sneaking up on us quickly, too, so it's time to mention my Pink Pickled Eggs recipe...