Mars gets all Easter Island-y, sort of

by | Jun 18, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal

I'm fascinated by pareidolia, the human ability to see order even when there is none, as manifested by seeing Jesus in your burrito and other such stuff. And largely with the aid of the Internet, a new world of such possibilities has opened up. You can find sites...

Words

by | Jun 18, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows

Yesterday afternoon, in the space of maybe five minutes, I was served with two reminders both of how loaded words can be and how difficult it is to navigate our lives without letting our assumptions—and our experiences—unintentionally collide in hurtful...

POV in Our Pants

by | Jun 18, 2009 | Cherchez La Femme

Advertizers in more Europe-y countries than this one (I say Europe-y because of Canada, which is vastly not Europe-y, but it's cities are more like european cities than American ones) seem to have a somewhat lax attitude when it comes to acknowledging the...
Oh, To Be In England

Oh, To Be In England

by | Jun 18, 2009 | Stage

I fully expected to headline this article “A Brolly Good Time.” Outdoor theater, in the spring, in England? I must have been mad to plan a theater-going trip around that quixotic notion. But instead, I was outrageously lucky. The sun shone out of a...

Between the Lines: Whaddaya Know?

by | Jun 18, 2009 | News

Turns out, I have something in common with General Motors' new CEO: neither of us knows much about cars.Funny, I don't think I even made the short list when President Obama was looking for an industry outsider to bring new leadership to the troubled automaker....