And humid. Ugh! Until now we’ve had a really good summer, though. The extreme heat is supposed to let up on Monday. ADDENDUM: I just saw this article on the wonderful invention of air conditioning. Today I am especially thankful … Continue reading →
On Monday I wrote: I don’t think I’ve had a student anxiety dream in many years. Maybe there are some perks to getting this old. I do recall that, a decade or two ago, I had the student anxiety dream … Continue reading →
Commenter “Socratease” calls my calculus class “the stuff of nightmares.” That is quite literally true, because after experiencing the horror of that class, and the ensuing and resounding “F” I received (my first and only in a long student career), … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post I happened to run across the other day and enjoyed all over again. The original comments were entertaining, as well.] The college I attended had a fairly rigorous set of science … Continue reading →
Have you noticed how many people seem to have adopted the custom of asking all visitors to their homes to take off their shoes? I’ve been seeing more and more of this in recent years, and it always bugs me. … Continue reading →
I didn’t realize it when I bought some new slacks at Target, but the label says the fabric is made of recycled bottles, to the tune of 60%. I bought the pants because they fit (not always an easy thing … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a revised version of a previous post.] Some time ago I was taking a walk, listening on my iPod to some ballet music, and I suddenly wondered—for no particular reason—whether the Eliot Feld ballet “Intermezzo” might have … Continue reading →
Yesterday commenter “charles” wrote: The closest I have ever come to knitting was to think those little “pussy cat ears” hats were cute. That was before they became a political thing. Now, I think they are downright ugly! Well, I’ve … Continue reading →
…visiting friends. I also had a yen to see sunset over Lake Champlain, and just to get away and do something a bit different. I had a good meal. The weather was fabulous. I saw a fascinating exhibit of the … Continue reading →
The other evening I suddenly remembered a film I saw long long ago, and had very much loved, back when I was a child. It came out in 1961 and was called “Whistle Down the Wind,” and nearly all I … Continue reading →
And there may be a reason for it. I was never what you’d call a car person (or a cat person, for that matter), but I used to be able to tell most models of cars apart. Or at least, … Continue reading →
Reading this Althouse thread about friendship, I was struck by a few things, particularly in the comments. There seem to be some rather sharp divides between groups of people on the nature and value of friendship. There are the loners, … Continue reading →