1. Arrive at cottage late at night. The only heat source is the small stove in the living room. Unable to light a fire (run out of matches), so bundle up in ...
1. Arrive at cottage late at night. The only heat source is the small stove in the living room. Unable to light a fire (run out of matches), so bundle up in ...
From "Slang-Whanger" by Arthur Krystal in New Yorker (May 18, 2009) We don't for a moment believe that Hazlitt is inept, or unattractive, or capable of behaving like a lunatic. You can't write well and behave badly. But, of course, you can, and Hazlitt did. He cheated on his wife, alienated ...
I wasn't expecting trouble when I passed through immigration at the Dublin airport. I'm American, I'm privileged, and I look like I spend a lot of time reading indoors. I was the second person standing ...
On December 16, I left the United States for a 2-week vacation in Ireland. A key objective while I'm here (in the quiet and remote Aran Islands) is to rebuild my homepage. Good progress today.