Why is Caitlyn Jenner choosing to come out today? Simple. Today's also the day of the season 7...
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"Wow! That sounds like a Philip K Dick story!" I didn't realize that I was talking to Morgan...
What Did I Miss?: Better Call Saul – “Uno”
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An Ode to Leggings
I'd write an ode to leggings the most comforting of "pants",But a picture's worth a thousand...
The Makeup of Man Ray’s Tears
Man Ray's Tears was photographed c. 1930-1932 using a fashion mannequin as his model instead of a...
Windows 9 Abandoned in Shallow Grave
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What to Pack when Travelling with an Ostomy
In the year or so since having an ileostomy, I have taken several flights on different airliners for overnight trips and weeks-long vacations. Of my three trips, one was a weekend federal political convention, one was an overnighter to Ostomy Canada's July 2014...
TLC’s “Too Ugly for Love?” Naming Controversy
"This observational documentary series follows 10 unique singletons, ordinary people living with extraordinary medical conditions, on their quest to find love." - Press release for TLC's Too Ugly For Love? Let my collect my eyeballs off the floor 'cause they just...
Are we 5G yet?
What does the telegraph have to do with your next mobile phone? What will be different about the way we communicate in five years? As communication technology advances, more people from even the most remote parts of the world will have access to the integrated global...
LA Burnout
"Are you a celebrity?" The first time I visited LA I didn't wear sunscreen and walked from Griffith Park to my sister's place in Los Feliz. I was bright red when her husband took us out for Korean that evening. We each received a bowl of seaweed soup on arrival and my...
Quickstart Guide for Cheap Ukuleles: Six Lessons for the Littlest Instrument
That. I want one of those. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5k-OE0-fWs My first ukulele didn't turn me into George Harrison. It was cheap, plastic and orange and looked more like a toy than a real instrument. But I kept at it despite never quite sounding like...