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Dreams Stay With You

Ed note: This post was written in December 2021. It was held until September for reasons that will become clear below. By Jason T Sparks On social media I subscribe to virtually every group...

On Holiday With Mr. Covid

Read Anna’s column in the Dallas Morning News about getting Covid while she was on holiday in Spain for the Primavera Sound music festival. Original story online

Marcel The Shell

Check out my review of the adorable new feature film “Marcel The Shell With Shoes On” over on the Canadian film site Get Reel Movies! Marcel is the Mollusk of the Moment for a...

We Feed People

During a disaster it’s hard to get a hot meal. That’s why the nonprofit World Central Kitchen is operating multiple locations in Poland, providing solid meals to some of the nearly 4 million refugees fleeing the Russian invasion.

On Olympic Bodies

With the recent arrival of the Dobbs verdict, and the further threat to women’s bodily automy, it’s easy to forget that we have been on a road to this for a while. Apart from...

No Rumpled Female Detectives, Please

Stuck inside with this wave of Omicron, I’ve been watching a lot of old television, from Murder She Wrote to Columbo. All that telly consumption illustrated that we have a long history of rumpled,...

January Haters Club

Screaming “I HATE JANUARY” out loud for the zillionth time this week, it occurred to me that I’m probably not alone. Following closely on the cries of “Happy New Year” is one ugly slog...

It’s January, Be Nice To Yourself

Every January we are bombarded with fitness plans, weight loss guides and painfully basic advice on how to have the perfect home via decluttering and massive organizing. We are presented with endless and awful...