Far back, in the mists of ancient time, there existed a technology for sharing one’s thoughts, musings, memes, and other nonsense. You may have heard of it, if you’re over 40. The web log, or blog. The [more...]
My cousin Kirk posted a particularly harsh comment this morning down there in the entry about Laurie Anderson. He made one of those ridiculous rants about how his tax dollars shouldn’t go toward such things as art [more...]
Every Sunday, I religiously read The Style Invitational in The Washington Post. Today: the results of a contest in which entrants were asked to combine two words that overlap by two letters or more. A couple of my [more...]
From Fraud by David Rakoff: In New England, everyone calls you “Dave” regardless of however many times you might introduce yourself as David. I’m reminded of those fanatically religious homophobes who [more...]
