The Cats of Roxville Station by Jean Craighead George It's almost impossible for me to resist anything that has to do with cats. So w...

The Book of Dust Vol. 1: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman It has been a long time since His Dark Materials first burst onto the liter...

The Evolution of Beauty by Richard O. Prum Whenever we wish to answer any question about the natural world, and we're in doubt about ...

A new low milestone has been achieved, but it's a total cheat. Why? Because I weighed myself in the aftermath of getting roaringly s...

Call of the Cats by Andrew Bloomfield There are two possible takeaways from reading Andrew Bloomfield's Call of the Cats: What I lear...

This marks the barest minimum of progress, but nevertheless it is progress. I shaved another half pound off the weight, as of this past T...

It's a new low weight. A full pound lower than the last achievement, 251.5 vs. 252.5. An astute observer will notice that this phot...

An occasional series in which I promulgate certain laws of nature, to help us better understand the universe around us. Taylor's Firs...

And here we are, back from the lengthy vacation, and 5.5 pounds have dropped away in 26 days. This was almost an anticipated result, so...

This is barely a new low weight, but technically, it fits the description. The really encouraging thing about this weigh-in is that it cam...

Just happened to catch this sign on a trip to the local Safeway this past week: A sign on a display at the local Safeway. No, there were...

Listen, Liberal Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? by Thomas Frank It took a decade and a half of political reporting, B...

As indicated in this space not so long ago, the chances of further progress being made on pushing the weight down were pretty good going ...

Since we're rapidly approaching inauguration day, and we've spent the last two and a half months being buried under analysis about h...

Straight Outta Compton -- Entertaining and accessible enough that this movie could probably make some rap fans--or at least N.W.A. fans--o...