[NOTE: I thought you might enjoy a reprise of this old post.] By the time my mother reached her high 90s, she seemed to care less about everything. Part of this, I’m almost sure, is that she was experiencing a … Continue reading →
I found this ode to clogs years ago in the New Yorker. I won’t be joining in, though. I’ve never been successful at wearing clogs, although I tried when I was young. They wrecked my feet, I think because I … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following is a somewhat revised version of a post that has appeared previously on this blog.] Unbelievable that it’s been fifteen years since commenter FredHJr died suddenly and tragically. As time passes, the number of readers here who … Continue reading →
And that means I finally signed off on the proofs. Proof-reading is one of my least favorite occupations, and at a certain point you just have to say enough, because it seems it’s always possible to find mistakes. I still … Continue reading →
Here’s an article purporting to rank the James Bond films in ascending order. I saw a few of the early films, but I haven’t seem most of them on the list. So I can’t do my own ranking. But I … Continue reading →
Tired of politics? Let’s talk about a much more pleasant topic: customer service. And yes, that’s sarcasm – although, come to think of it, as frustrating as customer service can be these days, it actually is more pleasant than politics. … Continue reading →
It certainly is in New England – hot enough, that is. And muggy. The air is incredibly heavy, and thunderstorms threaten. I haven’t been outside today and maybe I’ll just stay indoors. I went out yesterday, though, when the weather … Continue reading →
I finally turned in the PDF of Gerard’s book to the printing company. I had long been formatting and fixing things and proof-reading and fiddling with this and that. There are a nearly infinite number of decisions to make when … Continue reading →
I went to law school a long long time ago. I wasn’t quite sure why I went, but it seemed like a good idea at the time. I had taken the LSAT, which is the equivalent of College Boards for … Continue reading →
Just to take your mind off the Trump conviction and onto something vastly more pleasant: locusts! It depends on where you live, of course. But here’s the scoop: It has begun. Legions of cheese-puff-sized insects have started to climb out … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Both are more threatened in this country now than ever before in my lifetime, due to a frontal assault from the left which controls the media and educational system as well as the federal government. The following is a … Continue reading →
I recently read this essay by Jay Neugeboren about growing up in a very large family with 35 first cousins. Neugeboren is somewhat older than I am, and so the era he describes was earlier but not all that much … Continue reading →