I will not live long enough to see any particular lump of coal become a diamond. But I have lived long enough to see a love song written by one of my contemporaries mischaracterized as “traditional”—the song being thereby attributed to that prolific genius of yore, Anonymous. Such attribution cuts the song loose […]
The images on picture postcards sent to and from soldiers on the First World War’s western front captured, in “real time,” the passions and prejudices (etc.) of the men who fought the war, and of the societies that sent them into the trenches. The postcards were rolled off the presses quickly, to serve needs of […]
Daddy found the boys in the upstairs part of McDonald’s. They had found seats at a little counter that faced a window, through which you could see people walking on Third Avenue. Nathan had taken one chair, and Lewis had taken another. They had put their backpacks on the chair between their chairs, to […]
Albert Einstein was of the view, famously, that “matter can neither be created nor destroyed.” The Professor surely was a first-rate physicist, and made many real contributions. He was unaware, however, of my historic work with broken appliances and children’s toys. The fact is, I can create two tricycles out of one tricycle. And I […]
~ [sign me] Frequent Visitor Is there any one of us unfamiliar with the trenchant bits of wisdom that begin, “There are two kinds of people…”? Among the more familiar pearls from that string: There are two kinds of people: those who see the glass as being half empty, and those […]
The message here presented (wholeheartedly endorsed by Judgments Here) was originally stated, demurely, on a package of ground turkey. Our friend, Slim (pictured), believed that the glad tidings should be proclaimed more widely . . . and is here shown publishing them abroad. His loyal dog, Slim (pictured), is—as always—showing support. Good dog, Slim!
