Apropos of Nothing

Dear Joe, Gavin and family: Watching a Kings game at Arco Arena has become an assault on the senses, and I'm not referring to the play...

"In The Park," Berthe Morisot

In August, my parents will celebrate their 50 th wedding anniversary. As part of their present, I'm going to make them a collection of...

The inspiration for this came from Sheila . Whoever reads this is going to think that I was a weird kid. And I probably was. The task - list...

Further evidence that the world is coming to grips with this new era, even if mainstream media is slow to catch up: The Capitol Corresponden...

"I respect him, he respects me, and that's how we pretty much differ.'' - Dwayne Jarrett, on his relationship with former U...

Twenty-five years ago, I was a senior at UC Berkeley, living in Cheney Hall, just south of the campus on Durant Avenue. Because I’d attende...

ABC News Headline: Shaving Off Her Hair and Tattooing Her Body May Be Spears' Way of Finding a Fresh Start There's really nothing I ...

The Village Voice recently published its annual Pazz & Jop Critics poll , which over the years has become the best (by far) baromete...

The top link at the right belongs to "The Sheila Variations," which quite simply is the best blog out there, anywhere. On any give...

I've been thinking about this since I watched the show last night: What were the odds that someone would ever sing "Whipping Post...

One of the most entertaining football columns of the season comes after the season ends - Paul Zimmerman's annual analysis of NFL announ...

After having used the same on-ramp to enter Interstate 5 for my drive to work for the past twelve years (with the exception of the four year...

(Hat tip: The Irish Trojan )

Building on the comment below about Tony Dungy and Jon Gruden, here are their records since Dungy was fired by Tampa Bay and replaced by Gru...

- What a shock - two terrible interceptions thrown by Rex Grossman in the 4 th Quarter, with the game still very much on the line, ended t...