Homeless people on the streets knew when she was getting her check. It was no secret.

Homeless people on the streets knew when she was getting her check. It was no secret.

Life is like a movie--since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom read more

Life is like a movie--since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it.

[Ms. Andersen, who couldn't afford to live on campus, remembered meeting other commuters at their cars at the moment members read more

[Ms. Andersen, who couldn't afford to live on campus, remembered meeting other commuters at their cars at the moment members of the Alameda County Police force stormed up the avenue toward them. The National Guard closed in from the other direction, and overhead, a helicopter [hovered over] the assembled group.] I thought, 'How did we come to this?' ... I witnessed what I thought was the hypocrisy of some of those protests.

I am fascinated by the act of making something real that at one point is only an idea. It is read more

I am fascinated by the act of making something real that at one point is only an idea. It is challenging and beguiling to sense something inside, put it on paper (or carve it in stone), and then step back and see how much has got lost in the process.

If we can stop the egg eating by macho Mexicans, we can save thousands of turtles. If you want to read more

If we can stop the egg eating by macho Mexicans, we can save thousands of turtles. If you want to improve your sex performance, go take Viagra. Don't kill one of the oldest animals on the planet.

We will look at harvest levels after this dig, and there should be more digging opportunities in the coming months read more

We will look at harvest levels after this dig, and there should be more digging opportunities in the coming months on some beaches.

Rather than go through such a pointlessly repetitive exercise, the court ruled that the chief of the Forest Service properly read more

Rather than go through such a pointlessly repetitive exercise, the court ruled that the chief of the Forest Service properly adopted the broad moratorium through an agency-wide rule,

Basically, I stole my little brother's toys and strapped them to the hood.

Basically, I stole my little brother's toys and strapped them to the hood.

I don't want to read what is going to slide down easily; there has to be some crunch, a certain read more

I don't want to read what is going to slide down easily; there has to be some crunch, a certain amount of resilience.