Moi et Stendhal
Sitting around the house, listening to dialogue CDs to brush up on the high school French I learned from Madame Clooney when who should call but my old friend Marie Henri Beyle, or as he is […]
Fear of Female Security Guards
It’s Wednesday, “hump” day. You probably know the feeling I get at this point in the work week; you get up early every morning, day after day, go to work, tap on your keyboard, yell […]
One Dirty Old Man’s Bucket List is Only Skin Deep
BRYN MAWR, Pa. Doug Dickerman was a man who, until six months ago, seemed to have it all. A good job, two high-achieving kids in college, and a wife–Meg–who tolerated his tendency to defer life’s pleasures. […]
Truth Is Stranger, I’ve Heard
This contains interesting “facts” e-mailed to me. The truth is, I stole — ahem — wrote about this stuff so long ago that my readers back then have all died of old age, so think […]
The New York Times Style Magazine: It’s the Reason the Sunday Times Doesn’t Need a Comics Section
In an upcoming issue of The Atlantic, Joseph Kahn, Executive Editor of The New York Times, writes that the hilarious, pretentious absurdity of its Style Magazine renders unnecessary a separate comics section in the Sunday Times. “Once you’ve seen the […]
Haiku: Hairesy
Hairesy Trump floats a name change Strait of Hormuz named for him: Trump’s Strait of Hair Mousse.