For an article on credit cards and adult sites, the NY Times has a picture of the owner of an S&M site. I wonder which Times employee volunteered the site name for the article?

If I see one more member of the Liberal (ha) Media talk about whether Nancy Pelosi is too far left for America, I’m going to scream. Who is the House GOP Leader? It’s Tom DeLay, a man who attacked my alma mater (Texas A&M) for failing to teach creationism.

Good write-ups on this may be found from Joe Conason and No More Mr. Nice Blog.

We didn’t make it to Williamsburg for The Civilians last night. The weather was awful, and the downtown trains weren’t running, so we gave up.

We did go today, for a studio visit with the sweet and talented Meredith Allen, followed by visits to Plus Ultra and Bellwether.

We had a great dinner at M — and I see they’re having an Eileen Myles reading on December 18.

If I were in SF, I would go see the latest show by Assume Vivid Astro Focus at Peres Projects.

Check out Sick Bionic Woman.

We went to see “Our Country’s Good” tonight at Culture Project. Loved it — go read James’s account.

The other highlight of the evening: I met Dakota in person finally, rather than only via email. I hadn’t realized she was so beautiful. I have a thing for smart attractive New England girls.

Archeologists have found a temple near Roman Emperor Hadrian’s villa dedicated to his lover Antinous.

If you haven’t read Marguerit Yourcenar’s Memoirs of Hadrian, go do it right now!

My letter, and Mr. Marshall’s response, regarding UNSCOM weapons inspectors, is featured on the front page of Salon today.

He chooses to ignore the fact that the weapons team had U.S. spies on it.

I just saw a fabulously weird Ken Russell movie — yes I know that seems redundant — called Salome’s Last Dance, in which Oscar Wilde’s play is presented in a brothel.

It’s worth seeing, especially for what seem to be the only movie role of Imogen Millais-Scott, as Salome.

I was going to watch Y tu mamá también, but my DVD’s subtitles were a bit wacked. Even two or three line subtitles would appear for only a second (or less). Has anyone else seen this?