I recently read Tobias Wolff’s autobiographical “This Boy’s Life,” about his time as a young delinquent. Since I’ve also read his, “In Pharaoh’s Army,” an autobiographical account of his time in Vietnam, I feel as though I’ve pretty well covered the guy’s life up until he became a writer. Near the end of “This Boy’s […]
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Sex!
I’m up late working, about to go to bed, and I see this item linked from cruel.com: A couple is found guilty of “Neglect” for having sex in front of their nine year old daughter. They didn’t force her to watch, understand, but they didn’t hide it in any way. They get 3 years probation. […]
Old Dogs and New Tricks
“Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes It could turn out that Holmes was even more brilliant than we thought. The next big thing in brain health may be, yep, video games. Coming soon after the research showing that video games may […]
Trivia Rip-Off
I played trivia at a bar a few weeks ago. One of the questions that my team missed was, “what’s the word with the longest entry in the Oxford English Dictionary?” Now, as it happens, I OWN some of the Oxford English Dictionary. Specifically, I own the letters A-O. I own all those letters. But […]
America the Beautiful
And now for the second only-slightly-used post of the weekend. Really, these babies aren’t even used. They were owned by a 96 year-old grandmother who only read them once or twice a month to make sure the allusions weren’t creaky. Here goes: — I’ve been dealing with/reading comments by non-Americans a lot lately. This is […]
Warning!
Ok, everyone’s used to all the idiotic warning labels on everyday objects. Stuff like, “M & M’s are not to be injected subcutaneously.†And we all wonder whether any given label was inspired by a lawsuit, or was just preventative planning by the in-house lawyers. At least, I wonder. Sometimes. So I won’t talk about […]
Oh silky substance!
Thanks to my friend Karen for pointing me to her favorite blog. Of sorts. It’s Amazon’s ongoing ecstatic reviews of Tuscan Whole Milk.Â
The Law. Plus Bonus Trivia!
When you’re shopping for a couch, especially online, you may notice that certain sellers outside your state will sell you the couch without charging sales tax. You may think to yourself that this is a pretty good deal (especially if the shipping is free). But note that the law in your state probably says that […]
Best Headline
Wonkette (link on the right of the main page), points us to the funniest headline this year: Swiss Accidentally Invade Liechtenstein.
Bless you.
Thanks to Booklust.