Many years ago I made a list of the 200-odd largest metropolitan areas in the USA.  Why just in this country?  I don’t know, I guess that was the Wikipedia entry I started with.  I know the list was actually just the continental US, ’cause it didn’t include San Juan or Honolulu.  Then I cut the list down, city by city, using different criteria. Here’s how it worked I hate the cold,...

Tomorrow night Mariah & I have a sitter, and we’re both going to a benefit concert.  The people organizing it are friends of ours, and in one of the bands playing (the Pistils).  Moreover, it’s to raise money for some seriously cool women’s issues causes, including Planned Parenthood and a Rock n’ Roll camp for young girls. It’s called Pick n’ Bitch How cool is that?...

Last night Annabelle decided to wake up at 1am, and not go back to sleep for about 2 hours.  She would cry her loudest possible wail if I put her down, or tried to feed her, or did anything but hold her.  I ended up taking her on a nearly 2 mile walk, and then rocking her to sleep when we got back.  It was intense. I did, however, see a pair of deer right in the middle of one of the condo complexes near...