Heh. My greyhounds don't make eye contact. JK! Was looking for any excuse to post a cute dog photo. I just love them so very very very very much!!

I was just getting ready to say, "Has no one read Lord Dunsany?!" I think I've read The King of Elfland's Daughter and The Sword of Welleran (Kinja will not let me italicize) about a thousand times. His prose is gorgeous.

It doesn't help that the goddamned music overpowers the dialogue on nearly every single show/movie.

My husband and I thought it was just us. We kept turning up the volume and STILL couldn't understand anything.

Very well-written article. Well stated, cogent, and laudable. Thank you.

I used to love Midway, but the last time I flew out of there, TSA were godfuckingAWFUL. I have never once had a problem at O’Hare, and my husband and I fly out of there frequently.

Phenothiazines aren't used so much as antipsychotics anymore, but they are still used as antihistamines and also antiemetics. Their side effects are interesting. Extra-pyramidal side effects can be frightening, but they're benign, and tardive dyskenisia is a serious problem. Interesting to note that many…

It's not ale.

The only Doctor!

If I'm going to talk about a book, it will be anything by Ursula Le Guin. However, I find myself talking more about a short story by Connie Willis than any other piece of science fiction or fantasy I have ever read. That story is "The Last of the Winnebagos." I would say that the one thing I have loved the most in my…

I don't really understand this study. For something to enter into long-term memory, it first has to be stored in short-term memory. Saying that dogs have no short-term memory is somewhat synonymous with saying they cannot retain long-term memories. Furthermore, I think the study was flawed. Dogs aren't particularly…

Yes. Thank you. I'm going crazy with the rush to proclaim marijuana harmless. Just because it's difficult to overdose on it doesn't mean it's safe. Marijuana has known toxic effects on the adolescent brain. Ingesting it by any method increases heart rate and blood pressure. It impairs judgement and causes many…

"Birdman" was a perfect movie.

Not enough Chicago.

My greyhounds are highly sensitive to my mood, especially if I'm in distress, I think (but I'm theorizing, so emphasis on think) in the same way human infants are with their bonded primary caretaker: survival depends on the wellbeing of the caretaker when the caretaker's mood is distressing. Happiness is a social mood…

There are many things on this menu that have holes in them. HOLES. I am very nauseated and I cannot look at some of the photos. Because HOLES.

I have a land line and an answering machine in my office and I will not get rid of either.

Starring you for Rush.

So very, very pretty! The boots! Must. Own.

When I was a kid, I loved crunchy peanut butter because I require textual elements . . .