Daily Archives: April 18, 2007
That Kind of News Day
Posted on April 18, 2007 255 Comments
We continue to be so wrapped up in the Virginia Tech shootings that the Supreme Court 5-4 ruling upholding abortion restrictions is not even close to the top story on either the CNN or MSNBC Web sites. Interesting, that. Anyway, I thought I would mention it and give it some prominent play. Seems like roughly […]
What Sex is Sam Berlant?
Posted on April 18, 2007 95 Comments
I’m getting an increasing number of e-mails about this particular topic, so I thought I’d address it here, now, and open it up to discussion: In The Android’s Dream, there’s a fairly important character named Archie McClellan, who is a computer technician. During the course of the book, we meet Archie’s significant other, Sam Berlant, […]
Happy Birthday, Krissy
Posted on April 18, 2007 36 Comments
It’s my wife’s birthday, and so I take the day to reflect, as I often do even when it is not her birthday, how gobsmackingly unlikely it was that a schlub like myself could have ever gotten together with such a gorgeous, smart, fun, good human being such as her. Really, all my friends are […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying