Uneasy Rhetoric

Or: Another day, another book list.
Marc of Marc and Angel Hack Life suggests 30 books everyone should read by their 30th birthday. After looking through the list, I’ve concluded a more accurate title might be “30 books other people think are important that I managed to read before I was 30,” but in amongst the [...]

I’m not a fan of Cuil, but when I searched for me I discovered that the Sacramento website for the Extended Stay Hotels Chain is using a photo I took in December 2003 from the top of the bridge between the William Pond Recreation area and the (formerly) Goethe Park, whose new name escapes me. [...]

The Bee reports that Phil Angelides wants to build 400 houses next to Business 80–in that little eye-shaped parcel of land where goats once roamed–and call it “McKinley Village.” I’m all in favor of infill, and while I wouldn’t be hot on living next to a freeway, this seems like a logical place to put [...]