Running on the treadmill, it's useful to dangle an image carrot in your brain: something you can run towards, something to look forward to, a reward for all your hard work. And last week, for me, that was definitely a chicken burrito. I was craving one, hardcore. The problem is that where we live in...

A town council in Lucca, Italy, this week banned any new ethnic food outlets from opening within the town’s ancient city walls. The ban later spread to Milan, also run by the country’s center-right political apparatus. The rationale for the ban, according to a report in the London Times ...

It's been a busy few days... So busy that I'm very tired even now, practically forcing myself to write. Saturday afternoon I went for a nice long walk on the boardwalk with my father. We went to the end of the boardwalk and back, which is about forty-something blocks from where I live (one way). As ...

our anonymous submitter spotted these notes in the shared kitchen of a “professional building” — one our submitter says is full of shrinks. perhaps one of them could deduce whether “i.e. me” fits the DSM’s criteria for a diagnosis…or whether she’s just hav...

As usual, having done a lot of work during the week, I allowed myself a generous amount of time over the weekend. Friday night, The Company and I wound up seeing Untraceable , which I had once was very curious to see. We were kind of late to the city and couldn't get to anything else. As yo know, I'...

The weekend turned out to be much better than the week preceding it. Friday night I met up with The Company and we went to check out a restaurant/bar a friend of mine had recommended a while ago. I have attempted to visit it many times in the past, but all my attempts had been foiled by various misf...

It was a very relaxing weekend, since I managed to do a lot of work during the week. Saturday night I met with an old friend. You have no idea how many times we kept postponing this meeting, first because I kept getting sick and then because she got overloaded with work. But we finally managed that ...

First of all, Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it, and I hope everyone else is having a nice day. And congratulations to Guilty on her engagement ! I hope it only gets better from now on. : ) I, meanwhile, am cooped up with a bit of a cold. It's not fun to have a cold so soon after just gettin...