The most exciting thing that has happened to me today, so far, is you consistently driving perhaps six feet behind me—first at 55-60 mph on the divided highway, and then at 35-40 mph on the side street. Thank you for the thrills, sir! They lasted several minutes for me beyond the occurrence itself. I appreciate … Read more
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