Dolores is off to Kankakee and I have a bit of free time on my hands, so I'm engaging in some long-overdue renovations to The Panopticon...

So listen, if you're interested in hearing me shoot off my mouth about a topic I don't normally dwell on in here, check out my inter...

For those of you who are slow to comprehend the obvious, I'm gay. I don't write about it much, because frankly after 23 years (I sta...

It's the end of one hell of a week and I'm feeling too tired to turn cartwheels for your amusement, so I know what let's do. Let...

I was completely overwhelmed by your outpouring of support and advice in the wake of my mini-rant (rantette? rantini? rantchen? ranteleh?) ...

Thing One I set about knitting the Glencora Shawl on the train yesterday morning and dropped one of my point protectors. It's of the rub...

Work continues to be a pain in the tuchus. But we will not muddy a lovely fall evening with chatter about that. Scribble, Scribble I think i...

Q: Wait a minute. Wasn't there an item here this morning about the snow falling in Chicago? A: Yes, there was. Q: Well, what I happened ...