hit sign win suit
OK, how about this: Tom “English Cut” Mahon is giving away an old suit. No, not the shiny one, the blue one. It is, let me emphasize this, a lovely suit, and it would immediately become the favorite suit in…
Pape, Friedman, Times
The news that the New York Times will soon charge for access to its op-ed and opinion pages (as well as its other columnists) reminds me to whinge about yesterday’s lineup while the only thing required is registration. And I…
Confusion
Y’all know that Your Humble Blogger is not a very good driver, so perhaps you can help me out, here. There’s an intersection in Williamsburg called College Corner, or more often Confusion Corner, which is a sort of Y, with…
Who is wrong, and who is … also wrong
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All-righty, Gentle Readers, I suspect that not a single one of you woke up this morning thinking ‘but what does Vardibidian think of the whole Newsweek brouhaha?’ I hope not, anyway. Still, a bloggists rant should exceed his grasp of…
Book Report: Thirteenth Night
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In Which Your Humble Blogger has gone back and fixed a URL, or rather updated it.
Book Report: The Beekeeper’s Apprentice
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I think this is the first time I re-read The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, the first book in Laurie R. King’s Mary Russell series. As with many series, the first book is clearly made with a series in mind, but not with…
Policy, merits, whatever
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Your Humble Blogger happened to read an actual paper today. One of the things I really like about that experience is that I read a good deal more of the paper than I otherwise would. One of the things I…
Book Report: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell
Well, and I had several times picked up Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell from the library shelf, hefted it in my hand, and returned it to the shelf. It looked interesting enough, in a general sort of way, but not…
Top Five Musical Heroes
Top Five Musical Heroes Before I begin: Your Humble Blogger will quote from a Tohu Bohu note:Your Humble Blogger uses the term ‘hero’ for a bunch of people who are really really good at what they do, who in some…
Top Five Albums Kept Away from the Shuffle
Top Five Albums You Must Hear From Start to Finish Before I begin: I assume that this is specifically those albums which work best as albums. Those albums which derive power from their construction, and work best if you listen…