August in Texas: the skies look like a Windows background vista, the grass looks sad and nearly dead.

In the theater waiting to see Pixar's Up. Hopes are high!

I need to stop working on my site.

Okay, so this is the first of what I shall call my “cathartic posts” that are not meant to be read by anyone, but just to put them in writing.

Dr. Brother hates twitter. Must hide twitter from Dr. Brother.

Sitting on the UCSB commencement lawn, waiting for brother to become Dr. Brother.

Hotel beds: do we hate them because of the linens, or because they aren’t our own beds?