Why love, if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore: only the life I have lived. Twice in that life I've been given the choice:...

Unless you happen to follow the Australian news media, you may not have heard of the Baby Gammy controversy. Here's the digested version...

Well, having had a few days to recover, I have to say this was an eventful Block Party... though some of it not the kind of "eventful...

Remember when I bought the Daruma doll for good luck? Remember that I said I'd reveal my goal when I colored in the other eye? Yeah,...

It's a beautiful midwinter day -- crisp and cold, but also sunny and clear, with the kind of cloud-flecked blue skies we almost never se...

Some of you might already know that I help maintain a fansite for Robin Williams. (Heavy emphasis on HELP -- it's wholly Linda's sit...

Just recently I've been reading (again) about the life and times of Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico , a g...

OK, as promised, here's my first crack at a van Gogh list . I've winnowed it down to 20 people, mostly to keep from trying your pati...

BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO by Rajiv Joseph Directed by Moisés Kaufman Playing through July 3, 2011 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre R...

So the first four days I was back east with my sister, I spent in New York City goofing off. Quick trip highlights: Lincoln Center, the MoM...

When I was about eight years old, I caught my mother, her sisters and my grandmother talking and laughing over some nutty thing that my grea...

I have GOT TO SEE THIS . Someone find me a local screening, stat!

There's a great scene early in the book Stardust by Neil Gaiman, where we get a glimpse into the realm of Faerie through its magical ma...