Danny: Friends, I have to confess, I was not especially prepared for how rapidly New L Word Fever would overtake me yesterday. I've been dimly aware of…

Towards the end of Mary Shelley’s Mathilda, Mathilda meditates joyfully on her impending death and subsequent “mental reunion” with her late father: I …

I’ve been burning my way through a lot of TV shows I’ve been meaning to get around to over the last couple of weeks. Total estrangement from one’s fami…

The year I was born, Jeanette Winterson wrote a diet book for women — I’m not sure if this means I finally qualify for secondary narcissism or if I sim…

I’ve been spending a lot of time rewatching the Jasmine subplot of Angel over the last few weeks. Weirdly, I’ve only seen a handful of episodes from se…

Yesterday I finally met up with a friend of mine to fill out the paperwork necessary for a Californian Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Chang…

First, a bit of housekeeping – a number of you responded to yesterday’s post about becoming estranged from my family of origin, and I’m deeply moved an…

Today, as you likely know, is Thanksgiving in the States. It’s also my 33rd birthday, and the first birthday I have celebrated since becoming estranged…

The Shatner Chatner is on brief hiatus and will return after Thanksgiving in December. In the meantime, please enjoy some Shatner Chatners past, and me…

A few of the Hawaiian islands have a feral chicken problem. I’m not sure just how serious the issue is for residents, but as a merely occasional visito…

Originally. Come and batter my heartO’erthrow me and bend That I may rise and stand and admit youSo you’ll seek to mend!I’m like an unsurp’d townI’ve p…

Previously in this series: Idris Elba, Sexiest Man Alive “Gwen,” Idris asked, “Is there anything you and Blake have not told me that you should have?” …