I haven’t paid a lot of attention to the News of the World scandal. (Actually, at first I was confused as to why there’d be a scandal over a 30+-year-old Queen album.) I did see that Rupert Murdoch was testifying today, which has led to breathless fantasies in the usual places about the whole empire, … Read more
Smell is a primal, evocative sense. However, what makes one good is highly contextual, don’t you think? For example, I love the rich, sweet smell of an old car. It’s a complex olfactory cocktail of vinyl, gasoline (particularly the smell of exhaust unencumbered by emissions controls), and such. I enjoy it because it reminds me … Read more
Mom would have been 64 this past Monday. It didn’t occur to me that it was her birthday until mid-afternoon—maybe 3 or so. I’m certain that’s the latest in the day I’ve ever thought about it since she died. You know, I finally stopped seeing something I think she’d be interested in and thinking I … Read more