She reappeared with this.
She spent about an hour cursing the sewing machine, and she was significantly less chatty for a couple days last week (almost disappearing entirely for a period of time), but…
Jumper-talker-downer for hire
Another job I wouldn't mind adding to my list of occupations is jumper-talker-downer. You know, the ones who talk people out of jumping off buildings and bridges. I think I…
Fear not the Christmas tree, for your methods of indoctrination are far more powerful than tinsel and colored lights.
Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick, in writing about the Jewish conundrum of how to handle Santa Claus and the Christmas tree with their impressionable children, writes: One needn't be virulently anti-Christmas to…
iCarly trumps Robert Frost and Val Kilmer
I am reading Shakespeare’s Richard II to my students. On Friday we came across the phrase “rue the day” in the text. I was prepared to tell them all about…
A land of ice cream and death
Last night I dreamt of a world made entirely of ice cream. Nice. Right? Not like those struggle-to-the-death dreams that I so frequently have. Except, of course, the ice cream…
So stupid it wouldn’t make for bad fiction
The fact that one of the Democrats who Sarah Palin targeted on her website with the crosshairs of a sniper rifle was shot in the head today is unbelievable. It’s…
Unhappy
Is it wrong for me to find this photo of my daughter (sitting in the middle) absolutely hilarious?
Initial assessment of Glee
After two episodes… The good: Quirky as hell Original characters with actual character development A possible reference to HL Menken in the pilot Good music Genuinely funny The bad: High…
The people who didn’t kill dogs are good, too.
Like most Americans, I am completely in favor of giving someone a second chance, including people who do things as utterly despicable as Michael Vick. But it’s important to note…
Stupidity abounds in the NFL
New York Jets coach Rex Ryan takes the time while preparing his team for their playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts to criticize Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in what can…
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