So I admit that I got to W.P. Kinsella through the movie Field of Dreams. I saw the movie lo these many, and a few years later caught hold of the book Shoeless Joe and was impressed not only by…
I believe I puffed the new album, Wonder Wheel, from The Klezmatics. The album, by the way, won a Grammy for Best Contemporary World Music Album, for whatever that’s worth. I may have also mentioned that The Klezmatics give great…
There’s an idea that has come up in a couple of conversations recently that I am not sure I am articulating very well, so I think I’ll have a go at it here. We don’t have very many Presidential elections…
So. Scooter Libby is guilty. Hurray. I mean, he broke the law, and I am happy that he has been convicted for breaking the law. I hope the conviction stands, I hope he is sentenced to a year in prison,…
[John Scalzi is hosting an Official “Win a Copy of Coffee Shop” Contest wherein the contestants are to write a scathing review of a putative 2009 book by Mr. Scalzi. I violated the rules, and besides wound up writing something…
From Since You Asked, because Joe Klein had said that “the real enemies of the state are … ideological extremists” in a way that seemed to imply that Duncan Black (also known as Atrios) is one of them. This seemed…
I suspect that posting here will be sporadic over the next eighteen years or so. Apple-polly-loggies. At the moment, Your Humble Blogger is too sleep-deprived to write anything clever or interesting. I have a few items in the hopper, but…
It seems that a Bean and a Crumpet and an Egg were sharing a little dinner at their club, when the subject came up of what to call the Youngest Member. The Crumpet suggested that the appellation Perfect Non-Reader be…
I like Philip Roth. I mean, not personally, although I don’t really know if he’s as big an asshole as he makes himself out to be. But I tell you, he’s funny. As I’ve surely mentioned here, I love The…
The Guardian has an odd and strangely entertaining list going on of the fifty most influential unelected people in England, or possibly Great Britain. Anyway, they’ve convened a panel, and printed an initial list of nominees. The list is quite…