Uneasy Rhetoric

Jerry Orbach was (is) one of the two reasons I watch Law and Order (the other being Sam Waterson). Lenny was a gritty, troubled cop who played by the rules but didn’t always like them. This put him at odds with the old, tired Hollywood story about the cop who is always breaking [...]

I should say something about Susan Sontag. She was important in the literary community and thus in the world that formed me; however, her work was not something I personally took away from that world. Perhaps that was a wrong choice, but in the world of literary criticism, we must have gaps in [...]

Bike Talk is a local radio program broadcast out of Davis on an incredibly low wattage radio station. Even though you’ll never hear it on the radio in Sacramento, you can always listen to its podcast.
The show is dedicated to all-things bicycling in Davis (and occasionally Sacramento).

It’s a shame I didn’t discover the 12 Monkeys / 12 singeries things until the end of November. These kinds of things get me writing, if nothing else.
The December Monkey is a variation on an old theme: “What would you do if you had a free year, all to yourself, to dedicate to whatever [...]

I have been inundated with all of the “old school” fundraising techniques and theories, one of the most important of which is that, in order to keep a donor coming back, you have to engage them, make them feel a part of the organization. In return, you would receive the donor’s loyalty. Be [...]