Though he’s one of the most gifted and important artists to have ever created popular music, Stevie’s legacy as a tireless and fearless advocate for justice ma...

In short: Tomorrow’s my birthday. I’m asking you to help me support the Lower Eastside Girls Club, and I’ll match whatever you donate through this secure fo...

If you’ll all forgive me the indulgence for a day, today is my dog’s birthday, so I thought I would share some cuteness with all of you. Here she is at Madison...

Congrats to Gael for three years of excellent, unequalled, unique writing over at Pop Culture Junk Mail . Now, about that FrontPage template design… want a bi...

It’s TimO’s birthday ! Go give him a spank....

Everyone wish Saima a happy birthday. Go! Do it now!...

I’ve been thinking about this one for a while: I want to be able to import all of the birthdays for the people on my Amazon Friends and Favorites list into m...

I was re-reading an email I had sent to a friend who had emailed me on my birthday, in the first week of September. In my reply, I had said “After [personal re...

Today is my dad’s birthday. My dad is my hero. Happy Birthday, Dad!...

So my [birthday]( "that was on Wednesday") always means, to me, the beginning of autumn. Fall used to mean an ominous threat of shorter days and thei...

I have some comments to make about Safire’s list of language books , but I’m too sleepy to do it right now. I’ll get to it later, but meanwhile, consider all...

I mentioned this on my list of Peeves 2 years ago, but Slate ‘s got a great list of reasons why we should get rid of August . Indeed, if it didn’t include my...

Today’s my father’s birthday . He reads my blog pretty regularly, so Happy Birthday, Dad. He’s probably my most favorite male parent....

Whew! After a long Labor Day weekend hiatus from updating this site, I have finally returned. Lots of new ideas, but oh so little time to upload them… Firs...

Happy Birthday, Anita!...