As some of you may have figured out by now, our radio show is currently on extended hiatus. This has been a depressing development, but n...

... and I wouldn't be here. I can't stop thinking about that fact. It seems so... arbitrary. Suddenly, life seems quite tenuou...

We went down to Springwood Cemetery , because Mr Daisy discovered that one of his favorite mystery authors was buried there, John Dickson Ca...

A very old woman ran into me at the market today, slammed me in the butt with her cart. She started to cry, and her daughter (about my age)...

I really wanted to title this obituary, "Waiting for Peter Bergman, or someone like him," which I think he would have appreciated....

The Queen of Cups , from the Art Nouveau Tarot by Matt Myers. Advice: When people ask you to stay in touch, stay in touch. Don't...

Daisy's very first imaginary boyfriend has passed on: No doubt you're humming Daydream Believer or Last Train to Clarksville as yo...

Some people simply radiate goodness... you can even get drunk and barf on their nice rug and they say ohhh, that is nothing. When you reco...

At left: Ben Hall, at Bohemian Cafe on Saturday. One of those things about age that makes me profoundly uncomfortable: I get sentimental ...

This has been a week for the record books. Been down so long, looks like up to me. Born under a bad sign. Hellhound on my trail. Etc. W...

I have tried several times over the past couple of days, to write a decent obit for my friend, Plain(s) Feminist . Her blog is listed below...

So much is going on in the world, I hardly know where to begin. Alternative medicine suppliers have had an unexpected nationwide-run on all...

My mother died in July of 2006, but I could not get back up to Ohio until the second week of August, near the Feast of the Assumption (whic...

Now if you ask of psychology just how and why aims that were peripheral become at a certain moment central, psychology has to reply that she...

I decided some time ago, not to write about the Amanda Knox case again until there was a verdict. (I first covered the murder of Meredith ...

Tonight, as President Barack Obama makes a mockery of his Nobel Peace Prize and decides to escalate the Afghanistan War, I take formal leave...

At left: Police Officer Kimberly Munley (Twitter photo) Perfect feminist post title, wouldn't you say? Although the news out of F...

Okay yall, I am hereby signing off for the day. Trolls, stay back, or at the very least, try not to wreck the joint too badly. I HAVE HAD ...

Sorry my dear liberal brothers and sisters, I respectfully sit this one out. Women first. Further, as an alcoholic, I will not mourn a r...

Wacky Squeaky is out of prison today! Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, Manson Follower and Would-Be Assassin Released from Prison Lynett...