It only took a year and a half, but I finally finished Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day . It's brilliant: virtually every one of its...

On the wall of my office hangs a framed one-sheet of The Matrix . I'm a big fan of the cyberpunk aesthetic, so I find the poster to be...

That's me, grrray, at PokerStars with the best possible hand. Yeah. Bring it. Now if only I were playing for meaningful stakes...

On the Media had a brief interview today with Larry Siems, the principle author of an ACLU project that hopes to create an accessible narr...

Just about two years ago, our youngest son was diagnosed with autism. We were actually pretty fortunate; my wife had noticed tiny clues ear...

Last night, toward the end of dinner, I played my old band The Reign’s album, Back from Euphoria .* It was more than just a matter of nos...

About a month ago, I blogged a bit about Jane Mayer’s The Dark Side . I was convinced by her argument, but one always wonders about them th...