REVIEWS
Diego Rivera
"In 1933, he was hired to do a fresco at Rockefeller Center,
but being the big wag that he was, he decided to decorate the walls
with revolutionary figures, like Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. The Rockefellers saw red,
covered it up, and finally hammered it away."

Marijuana Rx: The Patient's Fight for Medicinal Pot
"Eyeballs explode, stomachs rupture, people writhe in pain, and moaning,
starve to death.  Those who can provide relief instead withhold it,
and persecute those who try to help. Bad science fiction?
No, these are actual consequences of the government refusal
to allow seriously ill patients access to medical marijuana."

Million Dollar Mermaid
"The East Coast media has gone quite gooey over The Million Dollar Mermaid.
Interview on National Public Radio. Fond review in
The Washington Post, fond review in The New York Times ---
with a follow-up interview, a nice squishy one, by Todd S. Purdam."

BRIEF REVIEWS
The Insight Guide to Mexico,
Memoirs of a Minotaur, and
Desserts: Recipes from the Vineyards Of Northern California

ARTICLES
Our Balloonman Which Art In Heaven
Part One
"He has balloons in all sizes and shapes, bunched together, on strings,
floating above his head. I favor the monstro, the monster head,
a funny face with squiggly balloons sprouting out over the top of it.
I wonder how he makes it look so --- well --- human."

Part Two
"There are many of the balloons, straining up on their strings,
and he is such a tiny fellow --- so much so that I half expect
to see him take off, floating away into the starry sky, rising up into the stratosphere.
Our balloon-man which art in heaven."