Musings of an exiled New Yorker. What does prolonged exposure to Los Angeles do to the brain of a New Yorker? Read on to find out. Friday, March 16, 2007. Well, more like DOWN the road, to LA blogging uber-site LAist. Monday, January 15, 2007. Friday, November 03, 2006. Save the cheerleader, save network television.

I have a new blog! This means that I will no longer update here, so please find me at What Jacq did next.

I was able to obtain via FOIA roughly 2,500 pages of correspondence including strategy sessions and contracts and budgets and status updates between the Tor Project and its main funder, a CIA spinoff.

Friday, December 1, 2017. Persian Cat Lustreware, 13th century. As a cat lover, wherever I go I capture the cats! This time I have discovered a 13th-century Persian cat at the British Museum. The lustreware has been made in the city of Kashan and it has been offered to the museum as a gift around 1934. The cat looks chubby and lazy. Saturday, August 26, 2017.

Thursday, March 22, 2018. We live in an age where feeling has trumped thinking. I can scarcely think of worse advice. Who can understand it? People suffering from depression may be referred to a counsellor for sessions.