Before Goodreads, there was Art Garfunkel
My father-in-law has a journal containing a list of all the movies that he’s seen going back years. It includes what he thought of the movie and what he ate…
The pap smear’s biggest problem
In the past, I’ve written about my distrust of flowery, ostentatious names, as well as any name that attempts to make something sound more cosmopolitan or international than it actually…
The Clowns recap
Our reading of The Clowns took place last weekend, and after a week to digest all that happened, I thought I’d offer a few reflections: 1. Having never written a…
What do Hannibal Lecter and I have in common?
It looks like I may have found a wine that I like. A little at least. If so, it means another resolution is knocked off my list. It’s chianti. I’ve…
This “most wondrous thing.” A gift or a curse?
What is the most wondrous thing? All around us people can be dying and we don't realize it can happen to us.- Joan Halifax Having survived two near-death experience as…
Yes, I work a lot. Yes, I have a lot of jobs. But look at all the empirical happiness they bring me.
Forbes list of the 10 happiest jobs leaves me feeling quite happy. Number 1 on the list is clergy, and while I am certainly not a full time leader of…
French pastry expert
My daughter knew what brioche was before I did. I’m pretty sure she also ate brioche before I did as well. Unless I had some unknowingly at some point in…
Football is beautiful.
My daughter came into the living room after her nap and looked at the television. A football game was on. She walked up to the television, her noses inches from…
People are actually buying this. I checked.
For just $499.99 you can own the complete series of Law & Order on DVD. Twenty seasons of the show. Why would anyone ever want to own this? Isn’t that…
