WBFF Radio has been playing Ben Folds for the last several hours. I finally checked the site to see how long this marathon will continue. The answer: WBFF plays the complete discographies of Ben Folds …
The other day, I made a funny typo when writing a letter to a customer. I wrote, "Iff you'd like to order..." Logically, that's "If and only if you'd like to order..."
Lunch (and dinner and Wikipedia and writing and conversing with Riana and Leonard) have helped me feel better. Riana wrote about caffeine addiction, social acceptance of same, and prostate cancer (among other things) earlier this …
Now this should get me some letters! Indian epic slamdown!: In "The Mahabharata," the ultimate family feud roils a great dynasty. Good people end up on the wrong side, a woman has five husbands, a …
Leonard and I were reading a really interesting comments thread comparing the advantages of tech publishing models in the middle of last week. Against all odds, it stayed almost entirely informative, polite, and well-written. Then: …
"The Mahabharata" at Wikipedia: Arjuna's grandson Parikishit rules after them and dies bitten by a snake. His furious son, Janamejaya, decides to perform a sacrifice in which to kill all the snakes. It is at …
"[Mr. Rogers] did tell me that he considered the space between the television set and the viewer holy ground..." "...[I] saw that my son's eyes were darting, the way they do when he is nervous. …
The New Underground Railroad. Funny how Jane gets distributed.
Every day I give thanks that the strength of the prejudice that led to Gentleman's Agreement (1947) has let down. Yeah, almost everyone's prejudiced in various ways, but it's not as bad as it was. …
