Here’s another of those perennial articles listing the blockbuster books that were initially rejected by publisher after publisher. I remember I used to own a book that was a collection of editors’ rejection letters for great classic and popular works. … Continue reading →
I’ve written about this topic before, and will probably do so again. I’m writing about it today because this piece by DrewM at Ace’s really resonated with me: The internecine fighting we see today on the right isn’t simply on … Continue reading →
No, it’s not college. Boob school is where women learn what size bra actually fits them, and are introduced to the perils of the side boob, the quadraboob, the high rider, the super drooper, the big stand-off, and the ledge. … Continue reading →
My mother’s very first memory was of being frightened by booming noises—guns? cannon? fireworks?—while being held aloft above a crowd to view a New York harbor filled with ships. She wept and her parents comforted her. The year was 1918, … Continue reading →
…back in the 1950s, according to food writer Ruth Clark, a specialist in the food of that era. Well, I must say that I don’t remember that, although I do recall that ketchup was considered to be an almost universal … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Maetenloch.] If you like to test yourself, here’s one that’s kind of interesting. It doesn’t take too long, either. I don’t mean to brag (actually, yes I do) but I got 31 out of 33 correct, which is … Continue reading →
I’ve never been all that keen on novels, except for those novels on which I’ve been very keen. The latter tend to be classics: Jane Eyre, David Copperfield, Moby Dick, 1984, with a coupla Russian guys and some random others … Continue reading →
To all my ever-loving readers: Did you receive anything? Did you give those you love anything? Do you consider this day just an excuse for the greeting card, chocolate, and flower industries to coax us in a rather unsubtle way … Continue reading →
James Lileks offers his take on the 1920s. As usual with Lileks, it’s both interesting and fun. It’s always kind of strange to imagine what is was like to live in a decade we’ve heard about but weren’t around for. … Continue reading →
We’ve been saying for quite some time that one thing that’s needed is to start an alternative media source on the right. Fox is not enough. But there’s an inherent problem with that, and it’s not just the fact that … Continue reading →
Did you know that there’s a campaign by shark attack survivors to save sharks? I can understand this in the abstract, if sharks are indeed an important part of the ocean ecosystem, although it still seems rather odd, perhaps a … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Here’s a repeat of a favorite old post of mine.] When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away … Continue reading →