Lately I've realized that I have a really hard time remembering something if I only hear it. I'm okay at remembering things that I read, but if it's spoken it doesn't have much staying power. What are some ways I can improve my memory of the spoken word? It's also a cultural thing, I think. I was ra...

I am on AIM/MSN/ICQ/YIM a lot. Before, I used multi protocol IM clients that allowed me to connect all that once but one of my quirks was that I wanted chat logs saved. Problem is, my hard drives tend to crash and I always forget to backup that folder. Enter Meebo. Meebo is a web based multi protoco...

From the Big Chief Tablet Project (Swear Jar Inc on Flickr). Big Chief, my ass!...

Empire of the Sun, French edition, Denoël (1985), with cover art ‘Singapour 1945′ by Ronald Seatle. Thanks to Herve for all cover scans. Interview by Tony Cartano & Maxim Jakubowski. Translation by Dan O’Hara. The following interview, originally titled ‘Le passé compos...

We're saying goodbye to our eldest Sister this week. Sister Loretta would have turned 99 years old this June, but she decided to celebrate that birthday in heaven. (Although there is some confusion as to what year she was actually born). The picture is from this past Christmas Eve. We have a traditi...

I finally got around to watching 10 Things I Hate About You the other night. The movie apparently came out when I was a junior in high school – prime target audience age for that teen cult classic. But despite being repeatedly being told over the years that I channel the female protagonist – I h...

And a busy one.  Daddy had taken her to the playground, where she spent three hours running UP the hill and DOWN the hill.  She played on the slides, rode on the swings, and ran through the areas of the play structure over and over and over, until she was panting, red faced and exhausted...

After two glorious springlike days here in New Hampshire, we’re experiencing snow again on March 9.  However, it’s not unusual to have snow in March and some of our worst storms. When I was growing up, we children heard stories of the  “Blizzard of ‘88″ and my grand...

I’ve worked with a mentee of mine for about a year who, while immensely bright, struggles with some sexual compulsivity issues. (Yes, this mentee is also in therapy; I’m not overstepping my role.) “Kelly” read this old post of mine about flirtation, and brought the subject up...

Besides being the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial the in the National Mall of Washington, DC, Maya Lin, also designed the interior of the Museum for African Art in New York City, a Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, Wave Field, a relaxing plot of grass on the campus of the U of...