Did You Know? … That the number of text messages sent and received in a day outnumber the population of the planet? That if MySpace were [...] Christie Chisholm \ May 24, 2007 Read More
Chance Of Rain The forecast indicated there might be “isolated showers” with a “30-percent chance of rain.” On the way to the access points for the [...] Steven Robert Allen \ May 24, 2007 Read More Me on a hill right before the sky cracked open
Here Comes The Sun First it was $100 computers for children in developing countries. Now it’s solar-powered flashlights for people in Africa. Before you know it, we [...] Christie Chisholm \ May 24, 2007 Read More
Richardson Announces For Reals This Time In his home state of California, Bill Richardson officially, for reals, announced his candidacy for president today. Ah, politics, I’ll just never understand—my [...] Amy Dalness \ May 24, 2007 Read More
The Daily Word 05.22.07 U.S. academic held in Iran on accusations of plotting a "soft revolution." Creepy.The HEART Ordinance in practice.Is the immigration deal a "large-scale get-out-of-jail-free [...] Amy Dalness \ May 24, 2007 Read More
The Mexican! Live! Man, Gustavo Arellano (author of “Ask a Mexican”) was excellent last night. When they said he was going to answer questions submitted by [...] Marisa Demarco \ May 17, 2007 Read More Mmm ... tamale.
Snack Attack No. 22 Just Another Brick In My Craw I just ate lunch in an elementary school cafeteria, and I have to say I’m disappointed to report that school lunches have not [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ May 17, 2007 Read More Crusty, indeed.
The Bottle In The Cosmic Ocean “This is a present from a small, distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts and [...] Marisa Demarco \ May 17, 2007 Read More Dear aliens, please join our vapid new singing contest, “Galaxy Idle.”
Shadow Of Youth Editor’s note: We’ve been working with Andre for the past few months on a column about his experience touring the would-be all-ages venue, [...] Andre Infante \ May 17, 2007 Read More The infamous Ice House mural nearly covered this entire south-facing wall. (Tina Larkin)
Webgame Wednesday Well, hello Mr. Fancy Pants. The Fancy Pants Adventure is a slick, jump-and-smash animated-adventure game similar to my favorite game of all time, [...] Amy Dalness \ May 17, 2007 Read More Flip, Fancy Pants!