She came to me while I was rooting around on all fours in the couch; always an awkward position to be found in by a beautiful woman. “You wanted to save the world, once,” she said. “I still want to,” I replied, “but I can’t find my car keys.” “You might want to hurry up [...]

A friend had asked me along to a beach party — her friend was having a birthday — so she came by my place at about 1pm and we did the drive down to Capitola. At any rate, we all played volleyball on the beach, and they were fanatical. In the interests of education and [...]

Perhaps appropriate for July 4th: Despite everything, despite the rampant commercialism and questionable policies and idiotic politicians, I still think that this country is one of the greatest in the world. Two hundred years ago, three great experiments were forged in the crucible of a single revolution: a Constitutional democracy, a capitalistic economic system, and [...]