Yesterday, with no explanation (or warning, for that matter), my son texted me a link to this video. So it’s + more
Yesterday, with no explanation (or warning, for that matter), my son texted me a link to this video. So it’s + more
From this comprehensive list of helicopter prison escapes—helpfully defined as “when an inmate escapes from a prison by means of a helicopter”—we learn + more
My friend Bill, in town for the summer, is directly responsible for turning me on to Domini’s and the Thad + more
“It turns out that being good-looking really does pay off,” begins the abstract for Is Beauty More than Skin Deep? + more
Is it me, or has it been a while since I’ve posted anything related to music? Let’s get to it, + more
About the only thing I didn’t check before the missus and I left for a short road trip last week + more
“No crystal hunters are as daring as Chamonix’s cristalliers, who complete technical alpine climbs to extremely hard-to-get places so they + more
The answer to the question posed by the title of this piece is No. Full stop. You don’t have a + more
I loved, loved, loved this movie when I first saw it at the old Orchard Tri Cinemas in Lewiston, Idaho. + more
Following up on Tuesday’s post, which included some tasty cicada recipes for the whole family, the U.S. Food & Drug + more
An interactive timeline of the history of ice, courtesy of the International Packaged Ice Association? Don’t mind if I do. + more
Does an orchestra conductor matter? Consider the New York Philharmonic. After Bernstein left in 1973, writes Norman Lebrecht, “Pierre Boulez + more
I’m…I’m just gonna reproduce this paragraph in its entirety: When Einstein died, in 1955, his brain was removed during an + more
“I don’t think we can separate the art from the artist,” writes the inimitable Nick Cave, “nor should we need + more
If you would have told me that today I would sit, mesmerized, for more than six and a half minutes + more