A lot of this stuff is cut-pasted, mix-and-matched, or snatched from the ether that is Twitter: it's great for getting bite-sized insig...

Hey there. You've probably heard about this guy: There's a Korean student, about 19 years old, who's suffering from lymphoma, a...

Three ways to help out in Haiti. 2S2 Community has the details. If you know of other events or ways people can help out, send me an e-mail...

Soundtrack time: "One More Time" by a band called Jewelry, a kind of K-pop hottie supergroup. Kind of like Eric Clapton's old...

soundtrack: hit play and start reading. Scroll down. Please. Seriously -- the images with the song are . . . not related. But "Send ...

Whoa. That's weird. After writing in my last post about why people do these kinds of destructive actions, I came into the staff room a...

I was the best man at my brother's wedding. Here was my toast for him and his wonderful wife, Caryn. Dan And Caryn Ouwehand's Wed...

For me, in the words of my old Creative Writing bud, Sparkey, 2007 has been kickdonkey awesomepants, friends. A rundown of reasons for the s...

This is the second part of a two-part post. Please read the first part first, here. Rilke again, 'cause dammit, he deserves to be read...

Without advent, Christmas arrives through the side door, and startles me while I'm brushing my teeth for bed. With advent, it enters wi...

(the pictures are explained at the end of the post.) Before I get into that: a thought on music: the measure of a great songwriter, I...