good things

On this grey and heavy heartbroken morning, out of nowhere, Yael brought me homemade baklava for breakfast.

Last night I stayed up in flannel and watched Gia, which is almost as good as ice cream out of the pint and just about as guilty a pleasure.

Tonight: dancing in Northampton.

Tomorrow should see 5-7 inches of snow and temperatures all the way up to mid-twenties. If there isn't a snow day I will forswear whiskey for a month.

An open letter to Vice President Dick Cheney's overbite

ylem: y·lem ("eye' lem")
Noun: A form of matter hypothesized by proponents of the big bang theory to have existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
Etymology: Middle English, universal matter, from Old French ilem, from Medieval Latin hYlem, accusative of hYle, matter, from Greek hUle.