My Poetic Nemesis
April is the cruelest month, wrote T.S. Eliot, and as a poet he knew whereof he spake. (Archaic past tense provided at no extra charge.) April may be Poetry Month, but April is also the […]
Paul’s Awesome English Dictionary: Today’s Word: Bempo
How many times has this happened to you? You wake up tired. Really, really tired. Too tired to change out of pajamas. But it’s important to look spiffy when you go out into the world. […]
Our Merchant-Ivory Weekend
As I wake up and recollect what day it is–Saturday–I breathe a sigh of relief. No rush to the train, no crowded streets to navigate, no tedious job to go to. But then I remember […]
Ripping the Headlines Today, 4/4/24
Making fun of the headlines today, so you don’t have to The news, even that about Amelia Earhart, doesn’t need to be complicated or confusing; that’s what any new release from Microsoft is for. And, […]
Bring Your Sock Puppet to Bed
She says she needs a vacationto a warm and exotic climebut you’ve heard it before and will hear it again–a woman doesn’t know her own mind! No, what she really wants down deep insidethe […]
