(Things to do while doing the airlines job for them …) Friday, March 30 Rock Against Rape , 6:00 p.m., William Pitt Union, Oakland Local bands Rainstation Zero, Blindsider and Donora perform on the lawn as part of the activities surrounding Sexual Assault Awareness Week up on the Pitt campus. They’ll have prizes and giveaway t-shirts and refreshments will be available. Admission is free.. Film & Media Hub , 8:00 p.m., Peter’s Pub, Oakland A bunch of Young Professionals (I’m never exactly sure what it takes to be a Young Professional, really. Define “young” for me, then define “professional”, and… Read the rest

(Things to do while wishing a slow painful death on the woman in front of you on the plane who reclines her seat all the way to your hips while you’re just trying to read, godammit, just trying to read …) I’m on assignment in the high desert somewhere East of Phoenix, Arizona where my agent and I are documenting, thorugh various mostly legal means, a project at a top-secret facility, where the rattlesnakes are the least of our problems. Them, you can at least hear coming, most of the time. The scorpions… They’re silent, but deadly. Much like a… Read the rest