Wednesday, February 04, 2004
Did a double-take this morning reading today's Achewood strip. It's one letter away from my last name but close enough to have me briefly believing Ray Smuckles had a special secret message for me. (To fill you in, in the previous strip we learn that Ray has been sending money to a shady sounding video company.) 

Tuesday, February 03, 2004
Here's a link to a fascinating comparison of Leonard Cohen's "Take this Waltz", one of my favorite songs, with the poem it was based on by Frederico Garcia Lorca.