The omnipresent, eerie, plausibly-extraterrestrial-sounding racket at work is finally subsiding a bit. (I mean the 13-year cicadas. What did you think I meant?) I seriously considered rounding up and cooking some of them. Recipes aren’t hard to find. I mean, I was going to do it just as a curiosity, but hell, what if cicadas … Read more
So, with Representative Weiner’s tearful press conference today, we have the latest manifestation of President Clinton’s ultimate legacy: Never resign, because you just might make it. First, you feign ignorance. “Pardon me? I’m not really familiar with that. Let me get back to you.” Then, you deny dismissively. “Oh, what are those wacky people saying … Read more
It was late, and we’d had a couple of beers, and…sheesh. Everyone’s acting like sitting around taking photos of each other’s erections is such a weird thing to do. Anyway, I said I’d need to get my macro lens, and we had a chuckle about that. I didn’t tweet it, though. I think Mr. Weiner … Read more