Why I like spring

Because it's pretty. Trees have lots of little flowers on them. And because in P and SFO spring is a time of great vinosity, with people standing at every corner passing out glasses of Musar, Christoffel, Gary Farrell, Gimmonet, Fevre, Beaucastel and other tasty wines.

Hurray

Asparagus!

Proof

As if further evidence that Nicolas Cage is the worst actor on the planet were necessary: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/next/
Also constitutes proof that Julianne Moore is the second worst.

The role of silence in e-mail communication in the early twenty-first century

Have you noticed how silent an e-correspondent suddenly gets when things turn a bit touchy? A suggestion fails to draw a response. A critical comment goes unrebutted. And if that correspondent writes again, the subject of the previous dialogue is not mentioned. E-mail is a good medium for people averse to engagement. Of course, it's also the favorite medium of flamers and nutjobs.

Listening

The Byrds "Untitled"
Elsa Lanchester "Songs for a Smoke-Filled Room"
Love & Rockets "Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven"
The Guillemots "From the Cliffs"
"The Best of the Cowsills"
Jelly Roll Morton "The King of New Orelans"
The Beautiful South "Superbi"

speculation

What if the god who made this world is the lowest deity in a pantheon that includes far wiser creatures? Is there an appeal process? How do we get this lowly god's handiwork reviewed? I think it's about time some managerial god interceded. I mean, would a higher-ranked god have made a world without vegan donuts? Not in a googol years, my friends.

small pleasures

God I love Metafilter.