Shifting Gears
I started reading Adventures in the Skin Trade by Dylan Thomas. I mostly read on the bus, and Adventures proved to be totally inappropriate for the ride. Why? Because Thomas writes short fiction like a...
View ArticlePortnoy’s Complaint
I have finished reading Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth. It lived up to its hype as a masturbatory (literal and metaphorical) trip into a mid-century American Jew’s psyche. Alexander Portnoy is...
View ArticleThe Dord
Today’s fun fact is among the funnest of facts because it relates to words, mistakes and invention. Monday February 28, 2011 brought to you by: Dord! What? You’ve never heard of dord? Look it up in the...
View ArticleLumosity
I like Lumosity, particularly for their games. It’s a much more intelligent way to waste time than Facebook. It’s more interactive than Sporcle (which I also love) but still has the great...
View ArticleVoice of Reason
I don’t love that it needed to be said, but I do love how it was said–with a combination of weariness, bemusement and authority. My favorite part of President Obama’s recent remarks on his birth...
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The Beauty of Complexity
There’s a feeling of gratitude and excitement I get when someone has provided the words for the thoughts I’ve had spinning around in my head. Today, those feelings are directed at Nathalie Miebach, an...
View ArticleHappy to Participate
“If all life was about is solving problems, what’s the point of getting up in the morning. There have to be things that inspire you that make you proud to be a member of humanity. We need at least some...
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I’ve Heard the Vultures Singing
Okay, I admit it. I judged this book by its cover. Lucia Perillo’s I’ve Heard the Vultures Singing: Field Notes on Poetry, Illness, and Nature came as a surprise in a package from my uncle, who had...
View ArticleThe Chaos
This poem arrived in my life about a year ago and, much to my delight, I stumbled upon it again this week. It comes from Dr. Gerard Nolst Trenite, a man who, based on just this one thing he wrote, was...
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