Writing in yesterday’s edition ofThe New York Times, Jenna Wortham sought to explain why only two out of three Americans are on Facebook. The “resisters” — that 33% of Americans who aren’t on Facebook — offer various reasons for their misanthropy. Privacy concerns, etc. But Wortham’s take on the phenomenon is that, barring some real […]
A friend went to a great deal of trouble recently trying to find a slow cooker made in America. She failed. She wanted to buy American because she’s concerned about “American jobs getting shipped overseas.” Whether such a slow cooker exisits I don’t know, but I’m not sure that I feel much sympathy for the […]
I don’t think I’ve ever had more than two or three close friends at any one time, inclusive of significant others — not in high school, not in college, not once. Even at my peak, when I was doing shows back-to-back and never missing a cast party, my extended circle of almost-friends numbered in the […]
