Surely someone out there needs an adorable puppy, right? Delivered to you by the nice, nice, beyond nice Amy Sisson, who is quite literally saving this dog’s life at some expense even though she and her husband can’t adopt her themselves: Hopefully the vet will say yes, but even so, we do still need to …
Or the yellow bike wrangler, anyway. There’s a big, great feature column on Christopher coming up in tomorrow’s local paper, but it’s already up online: "Some kid had written his name all over it in magic marker," Rowe said. "I don’t think he’s going to be a very effective bike thief." … "One thing I’ve …
GQ has a beautiful, haunting article about Cecil Ison–the amazing dad of my great good friend Sunshine (whose mom is exceedingly awesome too, not to mention her husband)–and how the scars of war are always with us: One day Cecil would make a wind chime from branches collected on his farm, one branch from each …
Continue to check in if you haven’t. Good thoughts to all of you and yours. Updated: I believe I’ve heard from or about everyone. There’s also a check-in thread for skiffy types here.
Colleen Mondor has created the Virtual March for New Orleans: It’s simple – all you have to do is write one letter and address it to Gov Blanco, Congressmen Jim Oberstar and John Mica and Senators Daniel Inouye and Ted Stevens. Send them the fax and let them know that as an American you support …
To Mister Christopher Rowe! Who is not your lord and savior, but is currently playing me Schoolhouse Rock videos on YouTube (pronouns!).* Wish him a merry birthday, y’all. *Except this was pre-posted at 11:18, so we’re probably asleep right now.
The story of the Kim family is one part amazing survival tale, the rest heroic tragedy. Hug your loved ones, and hope to be so smart and brave in such circumstances.
Thngs I Learned Over Thanksgiving 2006 Superman II really is the best, primarily because of General Zod and his minions (especially the scowly one). In fact, I’d go so far as to say that almost every movie would be improved by Terence Stamp as Zod fiercing up the joint. Never play Trivial Pursuit against a …