Read this at your peril. It’s a list of the ten most supposedly earworm-inducing rock songs. Luckily I’m so out of touch that I don’t know most of them. I was thinking of listing my ten most earworm inducing songs, … Continue reading →
I first read John Updike’s Vietnam War essay “On Not Being a Dove” in 1989. That’s when his memoir Self-Consciousness, the book in which it was included, was first published. At the time the essay seemed to me to be … Continue reading →
The California woman who gave birth to octuplets last Monday is now revealed to be the mother of six other children. What’s more, they are alleged to be living with her and her parents, and not a father in sight—except … Continue reading →
Rhythm seems to be hardwired.
Continue reading →The wacky winter weather we’ve been having lately has led to the phenomenon of ice storms and resultant power failures in places such as Arkansas and Texas that seldom see them. As readers of this blog are aware, I had … Continue reading →
Starting with this comment in a previous thread about Madoff, a discussion ensued about whether the operation he ran that turned out to be a Ponzi scheme could be called a hedge fund. Here are some definitions of “hedge fund.” … Continue reading →
John Updike has died at seventy-six. In the last decade or two, his work had increasingly grappled with issues of aging and death, so perhaps his actual death should come as no surprise. But somehow it does—as it may have … Continue reading →
I guess I missed out again.
Continue reading →Bernie Madoff ran quite the little family business. Back in the happier, headier days of 2000, son Mark is quoted as saying: All of his family members grew up with this being our lives. When it is a family operated … Continue reading →
Here’s more on that beautiful Grecian-inspired dress of Jackie Kennedy’s, the one I thought would have looked nice on Michelle at Obama’s inaugural ball. A reader and friend kindly sent me the following photo of Jackie wearing the dress at … Continue reading →
When governors have been called on to appoint senators in the past, they’ve tended to stick with party regulars and other established politicians. But I suppose, after the serious consideration given to neophyte Caroline Kennedy to replace Hillary Clinton, it … Continue reading →
…will she still wear it?
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