I take the train to work every day, and I very much appreciate the time to read and get into my own head. But it’s not always great. Yesterday, my little monthly card didn’t seem to work as I rushed to get to the train that I saw arriving. A very helpful little attendant ran […]
I Exist!
So, I’ve been preoccupied with baby and work (and the occasional nap). And since I really don’t want this blog to be about work or my private life, I haven’t had a lot to say. The shootings in VA happened while I was in a vacuum. I didn’t hear about them at all until a […]
Piper Lauren
7 lbs 1 oz. 20″ long Pics.
Extensions
I got an extension on filing my tax return. Or, that is, I applied for one. I assume it’ll be granted and I won’t have to think about it until October. I owed, and I paid what I think I owed. I also got (APPLIED FOR) an extension on a stupid mix-up involving the IRS […]
Our Neighborhood
Link from my brother.
Value
I wonder why it is that reading literature as a hobby is considered somehow better than watching basketball. I mean for an adult. I totally get why kids should be reading literature. But for adults. If a person doesn’t enjoy reading Dickens, then what’s the point? To learn about Victorian England? Where is that going […]
It's Funny Because It's (not) True
Alex Heard, in The New Republic, reports how David Sedaris makes up some of the stories that he presents as nonfiction. (Link) I like David Sedaris, but I have wondered whether some of his material is too good to be true. And I do think that being true is a big part of why his […]
Tragedy + Time = Comedy
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 […]
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 […]