God of the Universe Next Door
Edgar Allan Poe’s prose poem “Eureka” suggests that if there are multiple universes each has its own god. Review of “The Reason for the Darkness of the Night” by John Tresch, The Wall Street Journal […]
Edgar Allan Poe’s prose poem “Eureka” suggests that if there are multiple universes each has its own god. Review of “The Reason for the Darkness of the Night” by John Tresch, The Wall Street Journal […]
Saturday morning: my usual routine–swim, town dump, dry cleaner, coffee–is brightened today by festivities on the lovely greensward that graces the center of our town, like so many others in New England. I don’t mean […]
William Faulkner was once thrown out of a speakeasy for singing “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love.” Nick Tosches, Where Dead Voices Gather People think it’s easy bein’ a bouncer in a speakeasy […]
A 23-year old Russian dog walker attacked a competitor twice her age for poaching clients. The Boston Globe As I idly surveyed the lucite deal trinkets on my credenza my mind wandered back to the nineties, […]
As I entered the WordPress locker room at the end of another long day of blogging, something seemed . . . amiss to me. And not the kind of miss that turns into a Mrs. […]
I share something with my two male cats other than a fondness for weekend naps; we have all been neutered. “We know how you feel.” I went under the knife a decade and a […]
Ever been confused when friends start to gush about brushstrokes and the “media” used by an artist? Looking for suggestions for the empty space over your fireplace mantle since your wife made you take down your black […]
BOSTON. It’s noontime on Federal Street, a curious three-block byway that despite its short length is home to some of Boston’s most powerful financial and professional institutions. “With all the bankers and lawyers and such, it oughta be […]
The day of your wedding should be the happiest day of your life, or at least the day of your first wedding. But the customs, folkways and by-laws of matrimony are so darned confusing, it is easy […]
Aspiring models are participating in boot camps in the hope of winning Victoria’s Secret’s nationwide runway model search. The Boston Herald As I unpacked my duffle bag in the officer’s barracks at Victoria’s Secret […]