The Music of Spring
2014-03-20 – We had our piano tuned yesterday. There are 88 keys on a piano, but there are far more strings than keys (over 200, depending on the type […]
Tag Archives: Culture
It Never Rains But It Pours
2014-03-18 – There’s an old saying: “It never rains but it pours.” When bad things happen, supposedly, they happen all at once. I’m feeling a bit like that right now […]
No News = Breaking News
2014-03-15 – Two potential terrorism stories grabbed the attention of the so-called news media this week. One involved an airplane, the other involved collapsing buildings in New York. These are […]
You Are Required to See Yourself As If . . .
2014-03-11 – The invitations are out and accepted. We will be hosting the Passover Seder again this year (April 14, which was my father’s birthday—of blessed memory). This after […]
A Cache of Science Fair Boards
2014-03-09 – My wife Kit was cleaning out a closet yesterday and found a pile of science fair and history fair projects. The glue has dried out and the pieces […]
We All “Kraine” for Ukraine
2014-03-04 – I kraine, you kraine, we all kraine for Ukraine. “Kraine?” You ask. “What is the meaning of ‘kraine’?” Well, I want to think that “kraine” is a mashup […]
Dashing Through the Snow . . . What’s So Funny About It?
2014-03-02 – Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh, o’er the fields we go, laughing all the way . . . Laughing? Maybe we’re laughing in December, but […]
Celebrity Deaths Are Like Cheerios
2014-02-25 — They say that celebrities die in threes. I don’t know why they say that. It’s like Cheerios: O-O-O . . . o-o-o-o-o-o- – – – Or like the […]
Assassination by Laughter
2014-02-23 – I have a hard time with laughter. Not yours. Mine. My laughter. I have a hard time with my own laughter. If I laugh out loud and long […]
No Other God
2014-02-19 – You’ll excuse me for using this space to respond to a review that is currently appearing in The Nation called Beyond Naturalism: On Ronald Dworkin. The gist […]
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