"…something like the supervisor of an entire team of political agents…"
I’ve been wondering lately how my kids will be affected by these times. How will it shape their view of politics and patriotism to go through their early years with an unpopular war, with a President so widely disliked and distrusted by people in both parties, one who seems to have, well, obvious contempt for … Read more
If you’re making me a smoothie don’t make the yuck face when you look in the cup right before you put on the cap and hand me the smoothie.
Third grader 1: [wistful] I love my new catch phrase. Third grader 2: What is it? Third grader 1: When I’m happy I say: “I feel happy inside.” When I’m sad I say: “I feel sad inside.”
I read a Vonnegut quote the other day worth sharing. This is from A Man Without a Country (Random House, 2005): I have to say this in defense of humankind: In no matter what era in history, including the Garden of Eden, everybody just got here. And, except for the Garden of Eden, there were … Read more
I was just getting quizzed by my kids about the tooth fairy, and her castle, and the fact that it’s 100 feet tall and 5 feet wide and only has two rooms — the main room and a bathroom. And my third-grade daughter asks, mouth full of toothbrush and toothpaste: “Is it as I expected? … Read more
Not-so-astonishing fact #1: Actor Creed Bratton, who plays the character “Creed Bratton” on the hit NBC TV show “The Office,” is actually named “Creed Bratton.” Really-quite-astonishing fact #2: Back in the ’60s, this selfsame so-called “Creed Bratton” was a member of the band “The Grass Roots,” best known for their hit “Let’s Live for Today.” … Read more
I just learned that CNR passed away late last week. It’s been my long-held belief that if the aliens learn everything they know about humanity by watching Charles Nelson Reilly performances, they’ll treat us with great loving kindness.
Whatever did we see in Tekton? There was a time — back in the early-to-mid ’90s — when we loved that font with a love that was shameless. We were puppies, licking the face of Tekton. Or perhaps Tekton was a puppy. And we let it lick our face for twenty, thirty, forty-minute stretches. And … Read more
Taking Place on the Windshield of a Moving Car, goes to
A site called idealog had a link to a beautiful collection of post-it doodles — the artist (Scott E. Franson) did one a day for a hundred days. Time well spent, sez I.