Bad Dad or Bad Day?
I love words both fair and foul, so swearing doesn’t usually bother me. But the vitriol I heard in a swearing outburst today jarred me....
Book Report: Lost in Translation
Lately I’ve been receiving a lot of review copies of novelty books. I wanted to review Crap Taxidermy, a self-explanatory photo book based on a...
R.I.P. Yatsu
Yatsufusa 1998? – September 10, 2014 You mattered more to me than most humans....
Routine Business
I don’t remember when I first realized that the word “routine” didn’t have a negative connotation for most people. But I know it must have...
Book Report: Delicious!
Delicious! is a completely realistic novel, but in it, debut novelist Ruth Reichl does some significant world-building. The aesthete’s New York City is full of...