Cultivating Outrage

One year ago , I wrote about my reactions to Trump's election. One of the bullet points was "I suspect this blog may return to its ...

The painting on the left is by Doug West. I think it is titled Taos . It was used in the poster for the Music from Angel Fire festival s...

The front and back covers of ZAP Comix #13 (by Victor Moscoso) I bought ZAP Comix #13 in June 1994, probably in San Francisco, and go...

Roz Chast spoke at the Los Angeles Central Library last night as part of their Aloud series. I always enjoy her New Yorker cartoons. ...

(Follow-up to: previously... ) Two months later than I expected, the feds did finally get to my fiance visa application. But at the end o...

In 2008, the Mormon church and the Catholic church poured time, effort, and tons of money into stopping same-sex marriage in California . I...

John Dean spoke about Watergate at Occidental today. The room was packed. I bought one of his books a couple of days ahead of time an...

I sent this note to the Sports section of the Los Angeles Times (not published): The sweet science is nothing but barbarism.

I hate my "high speed" AT&T internet service! (It used be called U-verse, but they seem to have dropped that name now.) A...

The best my smartphone camera could do I made a quick trip to Oregon to be in the path of the total solar eclipse. A few photos are h...