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What Not to Say to Someone Giving a Talk
I gave a talk the other day to a friends of the library group affiliated with a local university. I don't enjoy public speaking,...
sarafoss, 11 December 2011 |
Top Reads of the Week
Music: Tony Are on Christmas music Literature: Dan Schneider on contemporary love poetry and Sara Foss on the magic of books...
Blacks and the Civil War
Ta-Nehisi Coates has been blogging about the Civil War for quite awhile - one of his more interesting assertions, which I largely agree...
Worst Owner in the NBA
The Wages of Wins Journal has selected the Orlando Magic for its worst management of the year award. This makes perfect sense....
Melies at 150
Having just seen "Hugo" (click here for my review), I felt compelled to post this link to Mubi Notebook's compilation of links to...
NFL Picks, Week 14
Over at the DG, I make my week 14 NFL picks. Click here to read them.
Christmas Music -- WTF?
I live in a large city (so large, in fact, that it is the largest city in the U.S.) and at this time of year every store, restaurant,...
Watching "Hugo"
Over at the DG, I review the new Martin Scorsese film "Hugo." Here's an excerpt: "There’s been some discussion about who,...
Extreme Cinema: The Serbian Standard
A Serbian Film might well become the standard to which all movies in the extreme cinema genre are compared. A lot has been...
You Should Drink Applejack
Over at Slate, Troy Patterson explains why this is the season to drink applejack, which he describes as a cider brandy. Patterson...
Two Birthdays, One Party
I guess I’m only fertile one time a year. My first kid was born on Thanksgiving five years ago and the second was due on...
Oldest Dog Dies
A friend of mine used to have a really old dog. "How OLD is that dog?" people would ask. This was a bit rude, I thought....
Police Conduct
This New York Times story about New York City cops being racist on Facebook pairs well with this piece on The Awl about a new...
Black Keys Day
In honor of the new Black Keys album "El Camino," here's the single "Lonely Boy."
Having a Baby After Thirty
Someone once gave me a book with this title. It was published over three decades ago and featured questions on the back such as...
Film Capsules
Over at the DG, I offer short reviews of movies I've recently watched on DVD, including "Tetro, "The Last Wave" and "Park Row." Click...
The Plight of the Bees
Over at the DG, my colleague Margaret Hartley considers the plight of the bees. Here's an excerpt: "Last week the winter-loving...
Annals of Online Dating
Over at GOOD magazine, Jill Filipovic explains what she's learned from online dating. The piece is both insightful and hilarious, with...
Thinking About the NBA
Bethlehem Shoals is one of the sharpest basketball writers around, and over at the new site the Classical he offers some thoughts on...
Love Flea: A Love Poetry Blog
A recent battle with fleas (a story for a different kind of blog post!) inspired me to look up a poem I’d read sometime back in...
The Magic of Books
In my column this week at the DG, I write about the joys of reading fantasy and science fiction, and manage to touch upon the epic...
The Definitive Thomas Friedman Hate Piece
I always enjoy reading a vicious take down of New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, and this piece , posted on Guernica, is pretty...
Faith and Loss at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
I've stayed at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City two times, through a program called Nightwatch, which opens the...
Overlook Mountain, December 4th
Overlook Mountain is a nice little hike in Woodstock, N.Y. The trail is an old road, and it's pretty easy to ascend. At the top, you can...
Top Reads of the Week
Travel: Kristina Ingvarsson on why you should go to Guam. Work: R.B. Austen on working Black Friday. Parenting: J LeBlanc on...