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…
Category: This; And also that
This is important
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. 0
True overheard dialog from actual third graders:
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.” 0
And so here we all are
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…
Great expectations
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…
Two Astonishing Facts about Creed Bratton
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…
R.I.P. Charles Nelson Reilly (1948-2007)
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. 0
In which Tekton mania, its root causes and implications, are briefly considered
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…
…and the Academy Award for Best Bee in a Motion Picture
Taking Place on the Windshield of a Moving Car, goes to
This is lovely
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. 0