Our dear friend Seyd of the popular weblog ethno-queer has mysteriously disappeared. I’m sure his email inbox is full with desperate pleas by his thousands of adoring fans scared shitless that they might have to spend their workday … well, working.
Fear not though Seydphiles. I have reason to believe that our third favorite Texan (behind [...]

I won’t even begin to get into the Michael Moore controversy here in San Diego, but for those who want to go see him speak at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on Tuesday October 12th, students can do so for free. But you have to act quick. This is from the CSUSM Associated Students page:
Due [...]

I subscribe to a lot of email newsletters. I dunno … it’s probably that feeling of not wanting to be left in the dark about anything. But, by far, my favorite has become Wordsmith’s weekly, AWAD compendium. This is from last week’s newsletter on foreign translations of “in-law”:

Trying, as always, to prove myself to be a moderate, I have found something that I agree with Justice Antonin Scalia on: “he thinks Americans ought to be having more orgies.”
The UK Guardian has the story.
[via Derek]

Warning: this post is self-centered, long, and only loosely related to 9/11. You’ll probably regret reading it.

Tuesday September 11, 2001, dawned temperate and nearly cloudless in the eastern United States. Millions of men and women readied themselves for work. Some make their way to the Twin Towers, the signature structures of the World Trade [...]