Category Archives: Whatever

I first called myself a poet, though only to myself and only in the pages of the journal I was keeping at the time, when I was 22 years old, and it was one of the most frightening moments of … Continue reading →

I have been trying not to use ‘mad’ as a metaphor in my writing, but some posts are harder than others. I found it really challenging to write a post about holocaust deniers without saying “these people are batshit crazy”. … Continue reading →

At last, science has produced the case for cougars. As Madonna understands intuitively, nature clearly intends aging women—whether married, divorced, or single; on vacation in Cancún or just killing time on line at the DMV—to snatch up passing youths in … Continue reading →

So I thought I’d open up a BSG thread, just so we can talk about the last two episodes and what we want/expect/dread from the finale. A few bullet-points to start us off: I’ve been on the fence about Helo … Continue reading →

In November of last year, I was interviewed by Marina Yoffe, founder and director of Jackson Heights Poetry Festival, an organization whose advisory board I sit on, and I never got around to posting a link to the excerpts from … Continue reading →

Grandma’s on her third glass of brandy for the evening. She drinks a lot these days, ever since grandpa died. Her mother was an alcoholic and grandma is touchy on the subject, so much so that she refuses to read … Continue reading →

…is that this new Watchmen adaptation looks awesome: (Via Stephen Schmidt of Schadenfreude.)

So we all know that same-sex marriage will lead inexorably to polygamy, and then box turtle marriage, and then the world ends. But every so often, we learn the world could be ending in new and exciting ways: Two well-known conservative … Continue reading →