There's a line in the Bible that reads, "There are many rooms in my father's house." I have no idea what this means, but it often runs through my... More >>

So I went off Prozac a few months back, and my brain is just starting to stabilize. At first I fell into a really gnarly depression, the usual... More >>

Sometimes I really miss working in a restaurant. People from all walks of life band together for a few hours and work really hard. Then the doors... More >>

It's always interesting to me when learned, accomplished women turn out to be obsessed with sports. For example, Joyce Carol Oates loves boxing.... More >>

Something caught my eye the other day while I was driving along the Great Highway. It was an old library-looking building with a restaurant on... More >>

It's hard to say whether San Francisco's appeal lies more in its opportunities for participation or in its opportunities for observance. What I'm... More >>

Peter Ustinov looks nothing like Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's Belgian sleuth. Yet he portrayed him a few times on film, despite being too... More >>

What's your New Year's resolution? Lose some weight? Quit smoking? Stop reading crappy, self-centered columns written in the first person? (D'oh!... More >>