Archive for December, 2009
Take a bite out of this apple
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009I’ll be at one of my all-time favorite bookstores tonight, the scrumptious Green Apple on Clement in San Francisco, doing an event with Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall Diaries–a memoir that’s every bit as addictive as its subject matter–and Paul Madonna, known and loved throughout the Bay Area for his All Over Coffee artistry, [...]
Life imitates fiction: Fog spoiler alert!
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009When I read this article about three little girls who were kidnapped by their father in 2007, I was struck by the uncanny similarities to The Year of Fog, particularly regarding the girls’ eventual recovery. The girls, who were abducted from their mother, Christine Bedford, during a custody visit with their father, David Matusiewicz, were [...]
Amanda Knox testifies (video)
Saturday, December 5th, 2009Here is Amanda Knox’s testimony about the fourteen-hour interrogation by Italian police. Knox says that she was persuaded by an interpreter that she must have remembered the events on the night of roommate Meredith Kercher’s murder incorrectly. While her behavior following Kercher’s murder appeared strange to many who observed her at that time, she [...]
