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  • Sexysexysexysexy XXXXX

    posted: Jan. 17, 2022.

    Now that I have your attention. Seriously, that was pretty much the leading line for any student advertisement at SUNY-Binghamton.  Whether they were advertising early registration or a new movie. The NYT Read more
  • The Scottish Tragedy

    posted: Jan. 12, 2022.

    I have always been fascinated by Shakespeare's "Macbeth."  The witches chanting.  The phraseology--"When Birnum woods come to Dunsinane"--I remember thinking--OK Wills, how you going to pull that off?  The name Read more
  • What are you doing New Year's?

    posted: Dec. 30, 2021.

    Short answer:  Nothing. Two years ago I was in Tel Aviv. Three years ago I went to a posh party post soup kitchen.  Tomorrow night a quiet drink with a friend or two Read more
  • Mysterious affairs: Update

    posted: Dec. 18, 2021.

    Well, those of you who read the last post may have guessed at the quotidian ending for the mysterious affairs at Ruppert Towers:  Nancy fled town ahead of an eviction. Read more
  • Never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity

    posted: Dec. 12, 2021.

    I read in the newspapers how employers are desperate and  are increasing wages and amenities to attract workers to return. I read in the newspapers how employers are desperate and are Read more
  • The Mysterious Affair at Ruppert Towers

    posted: Oct. 30, 2021.

    Short, stout, suspicious,  Nancy McGill left Ruppert Towers pulling her rollie with laptop attached on Thursday October 21 at about 9PM.  Although not the most auspicious time to go for Read more
  • Only you can stop the hate: Come on, get jolly

    posted: Oct. 07, 2021.

    Quel surprise.  Facebook finds hate drives revenue.  Angry people persist on the site longer and click on more stuff.  Longer.  And the money keeps rolling in, so no one is Read more
  • No one ever expects the Spanish Inquisition

    posted: Sep. 12, 2021.

    Ah, but then came Kim.  Kardashian.  Manque.  Mother. Monster.  She was photographed by the crew exiting a limousine, clad in head to toe leather.  And I do mean head.  Helmeted.  Not Read more
  • Zombie Rivers and Zombie Gardens

    posted: Sep. 06, 2021.

    On this Labor Day weekend, we reflect upon the majesty of nature, which wreaked upon us floods, flumes of water cascading onto cars and subways, electrical failures, and of course, Read more
  • It's not the yips--it's the ear

    posted: Jul. 30, 2021.

    So unless your hiding under a rock this week, you're watching at least some of the Olympics.  And you're aware that Simone Biles has bowed out this week, because of Read more
  • Hate poisons confections

    posted: Jul. 26, 2021.

    It is an axiom searching for a bromide that a delicious confectionary product searching for increased relevance will go from rags to rags within three generation.  Certainly, that is what Read more
  • Raga is all the rage

    posted: Jul. 25, 2021.

    Although the Secret Life of Plants is quite the dense book, I have decided to get through a chapter at a time.  And to take the scientific attitude.  . So in Read more
  • Hamis coming

    posted: Jul. 19, 2021.

    So here are the future hamis, sprouting in a pot of their own. This is exciting.  Nothing I have ever planted as a seed has ever come up, let alone Read more
  • Let's hit the reset button

    posted: Jul. 18, 2021.

    Last week I decided to stop throwing my energy after the Wandering Jew and start anew.  Where else does a Jew start anew but to perambulate down to Union Square, Read more
  • Birnam Woods: Day 3

    posted: Jul. 01, 2021.

    Does it sense, that like Ferenczi, I am just indifferent?  I held its leaves, I stroked its stems.  What is happening here?  Does it sense that I am hostile or Read more
  • Time to compost?

    posted: Jul. 01, 2021.

    It's only Day 4 but clearly this isn't working.  I have held its leaves, talked to it, stroked its stems.  I have put tomatoes next to it as cheerful company.  Read more

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