The Lives of Dwarfs are Different
Little People were on TV tonight, on PBS. One dwarf recalls being taken to the hospital when he was 18, and told by the doctors, ‘sorry there’s nothing we can do…you’ll always be a dwarf.’ He said he decided then and there ‘to be the best dwarf I could be.” […]
Homesteading in Downtown Springfield, MA
Today’s Springfield Republican included a story about a family that’s urban homesteading in the heart of Springfield, MA. Many people like me have thought about how nice it would be to simplify right down to growing one’s own food, and spending no money on cars, clothes or gadgets. That’s what […]
"Yes Chef! Yes Chef!" –Trying to Keep Him Happy
Last night was cooler so it was easier to sleep. Still, I stayed up way too late and part of the night was spent watching “Hell’s Kitchen”on Fox where the mean chef tortures his wannabe chefs while diners wait for entrees in the fancy dining room. This guy is so […]
If You Want Your Passport without a Chip–Act Now
Wired news reports today that passports are changing–big time–in the US. “After much ado, the United States has begun or will begin issuing passports with RFID chips in them. The passports now have some anti-skimming features, including Basic Access Control and some sort of internal tin-foil hat. But the chips […]
Passing the Baby Around
Mark Helprin’s 1983 novel, Winter’s Tale was voted the single best work of American fiction published in the last 25 years by readers of the NY Times Book Review. He sat down with Doublethink’s Kelly Jane Torrance, here is an excerpt about why he doesn’t like parties. At all. “What […]
Sex in a Gondola above France
ETurbo News usually sends puffy press releases about Dubai and some meeting in another Arab land. Today they send this little ditty about a chance encounter in a ski gondola above France. “Andy Sinclair reached his peak while dangling high above the Alps. The gondola podule things took four people […]
Who Goes There, Who Would Stone My Vessel!?
Last night we got dressed up and walked down the venerable, wood paneled Navigator, on the Edgartown Harbor. The hostess was from Russia, blond and very thin. She laughed since we had barged all the way in without a table. “I put you on the list,” she told us. Later […]
The Remains of the Sandcastle Contest on South Beach
Today the heat broke, and it is overcast and barely 80. A relief yet I enjoyed feeling that heat, thinking about February and the many times I shiver throughout the winter months in New England. We rode bikes down to South Beach, and were greeted by friendly lifeguards high up […]