Today, dear readers, I invite you to enjoy one of my favorite short stories: Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. If you have read it already, please reread it. (It’ll be good again. I promise.) It will take you 10 or 15 minutes at the most, but it will stay with you for the rest … Read more
So have you encountered the uproar over chef Beppe Begazzi’s recent comments on the Italian version of Ready Steady Cook? He recommended cat as a “succulent dish,” offering casserole preparation tips and what-not. A bunch of humorless malcontents with miserable lives flooded the station with complaints, the station told Begazzi to apologize, he refused, and … Read more
Apart from the transport controls, when I click something in Windows Media Player it almost never does what I expect it to. I’ve been using computers for more than 30 years, and GUIs for more than 25, and I can’t recall having a poorer sustained relationship with a program. I generally like foods for which … Read more