Stuff I Liked This Week
Like me, you’ve probably noticed that we don’t yet have flying cars, nor are we wallowing in leisure time — I mean, we might be, but that’s because we’re underemployed. (No, wait, that’s me.) Technology was supposed to free us from the tyranny of work and traffic and genetics, but no, that hasn’t happened and …
Guest Post: A Perfect Romance in Venice
I sat on the steps of a Venice canal, watching as happy lovers in gondolas slowly drifted past. In the most romantic city in the world, I was alone, and crying, in the rain. My honeymoon was not going as planned. After our wedding – after Dan and I promised to love each other in …
Stuff I Liked This Week
I hadn’t give a lot of thought to the politics of animal conservation before I went on safari in Tanzania, though when the news came out about Cecil the lion being shot by Walter James Palmer, a dentist from Minneapolis, I did think about the economics of what seems to me a barbarous solution to …
Guest Post: When Asked for Photos
“I know we offered to pay you for your hard work, now how about you give us something extra for free because we’re cheap?”
Stuff I Liked This Week
Once upon a time I was one of those skinny black clad cyclist types who rolled uphill like a goddamn freight train. I was broke and angry and had an immeasurable supply of energy and everything was my bicycle. Now I’m much meatier and angry a lot less of the time and I’m not working …