Archive | January, 2010

Imagine this kid in a conical brassiere

Imagine this kid in a conical brassiere

Madonna, 1976.

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The saddest day of Mark David Chapman’s life

The saddest day of Mark David Chapman’s life

Author J.D. Salinger died today of natural causes; he was 91.

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Glad to see Mom’s painting again

Glad to see Mom’s painting again

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Well, see, I never TOOK calculus…

Well, see, I never TOOK calculus…

So it’s human sacrifice or something. All that math stuff is just to fool us liberal arts people.

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I recognize Gable, but who’s that other guy?

I recognize Gable, but who’s that other guy?

ANSWER: it’s Lon Chaney, Sr.

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Mark Bazer column: Stolen iPhone

Mark Bazer column: Stolen iPhone

My friend Mark Bazer has just written a very funny column, which I’ve pasted below. Enjoy. Stolen iPhone? There’s an App for That By Mark Bazer Tribune Media Services An Open Letter to the Gentleman Who Stole My Wife’s iPhone out of Her Hands on the CTA: Congratulations on your new iPhone! I just know [...]

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Yet more for my reading list…

Yet more for my reading list…

Ellen Langer is a psychology professor at Harvard. I must read this woman’s books! “In 1979, Langer and her students invited two groups of eight men in their late 70s and early 80s to go on a retreat for a week and spend time reminiscing about life 20 years earlier. “When they first showed up [...]

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