I want to talk about YA books for girls in the 1980s. Books like Anastasia Ask Your Analyst, and The Girl with the Silver Eyes. Besides PBS and the Thundercats, these books were pretty much the only media I had available during my nerdy nerdy youth. And since I hadn’t…

“I lived long enough to see the cure for death; to see the rise of the Bitchun Society, to learn ten languages; to compose three symphonies; to realize my boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World; to see the death of the workplace and of work.” — Cory…

The rice crispy treat I got this morning at the Nervous Dog coffeeshop The Far Side comic on the wall of the Nervous Dog Chuck, who rode his motorcycle this morning and gave me a lift Erin, who told us where to get Hip Work Shirts for Chuck (Nordstrom Rack…

I can’t sort out my head properly, so I’m sorting my books. Plover the cat and I are drinking red wine and water, respectively, and pacing the apartment listening to Motown. I’m rearranging my books. I’ve you’ve read Nick Hornsby’s book High Fidelity or seen the movie, you might remember…

llibreria – bookstore – Amsterdam

I visited my local Bernal Heights library branch this afternoon, in search of a place to sit and read. It turned out to be one of the last weeks the building is open before it closes for an extensive renovation. On a kid-filled sunny spring Saturday, the current building gives…

Modern Day Prometheus or why my boyfriend is the greatest guy ever. Can you believe I get to kiss this man? My first question was a slightly judgmental “where were his parents during all of this?” I’m remembering week after week of library visits when I was a kid. We…

Binders of field notes sit in the common area of the Macaulay library, the audio/video library where I spent three years working as a software interface designer. These are all digitized now, but the collection goes back to the 1950′s so these books are the last line of defense in…