September 5th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
I am fortunate to be writing for an editor at the Oregonian who lets me dig into ideas I find important to disseminate and/or debunk. One of my favorite (least favorite?) is anything having to do with liars who convince others to believe their lies in order to amass personal power. I sometimes think I could wri
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September 4th, 2010 at 03:38 pm
So I'm getting my hair cut yesterday when my phone rings. It's my daughter, from New York. I ask what she has planned for the weekend. She tells me and ask what I'm doing. I tell her, Din is taking me to dinner.
"Cool," she says. "Isn't your guys anniversary tomorrow?"
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September 2nd, 2010 at 02:55 pm
Let us overlook that any dimples have been photoshopped; also, that it appears doubtful the heads of the girl on the left and the right have ever before or since appeared on the respective bodies. I am going to keep my mouth shut for now, except to say, according to
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September 2nd, 2010 at 01:01 pm
What is it about our mothers, and specifically my mother: Generous to a fault, bright and funny, ready to defend you to the ends of the earth, and yet possessing the ability to instantly provoke irrational anger. The fault may be with me, and if so, is one I apparently passed to my
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August 31st, 2010 at 12:33 pm
Nearly a month after ordering the new albeit cheapo Kindle, it is set to arrive today.
Which also happens to be the day "Freedom" arrives in bookstores.
I have been to Powell's twice to buy it, once when I mistakenly thought it was already out, a second time on the chance that it had been rele
August 29th, 2010 at 01:35 pm
The first of three pieces I will have in the O this week, a review of Laura Kipnis's How to Become a Scandal.
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August 29th, 2010 at 01:12 pm
I am richer today; these events come around rarely. The
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August 27th, 2010 at 02:50 pm
Need a laugh? Check out
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August 24th, 2010 at 01:31 pm
Brooklyn Bagels apologized and is giving Tafv's office... a credit for more food. Gee.
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August 23rd, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Mad Men's Sally Draper. Perhaps because, for some of us, it's all so achingly familiar.
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