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I Feel Bad about Nora Ephron’s Death
Nora Ephron died yesterday. She was 71. In case the name isn’t familiar to you, she wrote the scripts for the movies When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail, and Julie & Julia. I didn’t really know much about her (or even that she had written all those films) until I decided […]
Continue readingFailed First Attempts
I decided to try my hand at gardening this year. Bought a few tomato and pepper starters, and started the rest from seed. After getting everything in the ground and watering for a few weeks, it was exciting to see the green shoots poking through the soil. Unfortunately, my fledgling garden was destroyed by hail […]
Continue readingRomney Gets a Good Smackdown on TV
You know the best thing about not caring about who wins the presidential race? You can watch all the attack ads with a cold and calculating eye — and fully appreciate those ads that ring true. With that in mind, watch this 1-minute attack ad on Mitt Romney. It’s brilliant.
Continue readingOozing Political Apathy
A friend on Facebook admonishes: “this is exactly what [politicians] want, an attitude of apathy… don’t give in to them.” I care less and less about politics these days. Back in 2008, I was excited to see Ron Paul gain traction. And I was excited again this year to see him gain even MORE traction. […]
Continue readingIs Your Schooling Interfering with Your Education?
Yesterday (6/21) a reader compared my writing to Mark Twain’s. He wrote (via Twitter): “don’t know if it’s the topic of death that brings it outta you, but today’s & the Monk/coffin post are funny. I mean Twain funny.” Needless to say, I was quite flattered. Speaking of Twain, here’s one of his quotes that’s […]
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