Thanks, WGBH. By transferring all your classical programming to WCRB's pathetically weak signal, you've successfully deprived southeastern Massachusetts and northern Rhode Island of our only source for classical radio. Your suggestion that listening...

We put up the Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving (it's artificial, so what the hell; Sebastian really wanted to). On Friday night Sebastian and I camped out in the living room, sleeping on the sofas. We left the lights on the tree on all night,...

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Sebastian's been sick for the past few days. He's had a sore throat, an intermittant temperature just under 101, and complains of nausea sometimes. His doctor doesn't think it's swine flu (although nearly half of his school has swine flu now), more...

Sebastian was the first to sign my cast, of course. It says "DADDY I LOVE YOU" signed "sebastian". He was asking for scary stories recently, so this weekend I dug out Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery - ghost stories for young teens. Read him the...