Acting on a recommendation, I video-on-demanded “The King’s Speech” last night at Amazon. Who can resist these kinds of stories when they’re done well? “Born Yesterday,” “My Fair Lady” and so on. We cheer for the student and for the relationship. Rags to riches. Love conquering all. I was caught off guard, then, by how […]
I looked up “Indian summer” and “false spring” and neither term refers exactly to a 73-degree mid-February day. So what to call yesterday’s weather? Stupid, I guess. Or glorious, if you prefer to be womanish about it. A recently rediscovered high school classmate asked me if I’m on Facebook and I told her about the […]
Say what you will about the corrosive effect of virtual communication on language and intimacy. I say, let it be. Sure, technology is outpacing our ability to adapt. Sexting among middle schoolers is at least a little gross and cyberbullying reminds us that every prefrontal cortex clings to its reptilian stem like a crack whore […]
