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Makin’ a move in the Monkey House

I’m done. No more columns. No more editorials. No more stress sweat on Sunday night, with no words of worth on a page and time growing short. Forget words of…

December 26, 2013No CommentRead More

Glog it up, the end is near

It’s time for a celebration. There’s never been a better time. It’s the holiday season and, to boot, civilization as we know it, according to many of the writers of…

December 19, 2013No CommentRead More

Be a pro: practice, practice, practice

Where do I go from here, Karl? I’m asked this question by fresh-faced high school grads, by people with advanced degrees in the humanities who are working the drive-thru window,…

December 12, 2013No CommentRead More

Table for one … and the table’s not real

“Mr. Plato. We have a reservation for Mr. Plato. Plato …table for ONE.” He’s back. He keeps returning, like a ghost haunting my intellectual house. Like an infection. And this…

December 5, 2013No CommentRead More

Clicking along at breakneck speed

The room is dark. I’ve got the covers pulled up to my chin, my arms are at my sides, my eyes are wide open. I’ve got the old thinking cap…

December 2, 2013No CommentRead More

Beware the mirror, and the mirror effect

Beware the mirror. Don’t panic, there’s no symbolic meaning here; you don’t need to do any intellectual heavy lifting. I’m referring to real mirrors, regular mirrors, those reflective things you…

November 21, 2013No CommentRead More

The Flutaphone Dialectic: a remedy

Ever have one of those moments when, brain train derailed by an unexpected obstacle, you stumble on a mnemonic connection that illuminates something about the way you are put together,…

October 31, 2013No CommentRead More

I Promyse, it’s Truli a Marvelous thing

“What are you going to name him?” “You’ll have to wait until he’s born. I’m not revealing anything until then.” My youngest daughter, Ivy, the Queen of Suspense, is about…

October 24, 2013No CommentRead More

Indulge … and get rid of the goofy hat

Leftovers. The place: the produce section at our supermarket here in Siberia With a View.. I am examining an eggplant, when she appears next to me. She’s wearing a plaid…

October 17, 2013No CommentRead More

Setting sail for a new way of life

I’m well into a sixth decade on this crusty and ever-weirder orb. I’m far past middle age and not thrilled about it (contrary to what the perversely optimistic among us …

October 10, 2013No CommentRead More