Introduction: In case anybody was worried that the year 2020 couldn’t get any zestier, along comes Jeffrey Toobin. Perhaps you missed it because you just got back from hunting moose in the Yukon, and so I will fill you in. The much feted (and apparently fated) Toobin, legal analyst for CNN, was on a Zoom …
Everyday Radiance
“The parking lot was new, so the asphalt ws jet black, the yellow lines were radiant, and all the cars looked like they were covered with diamonds.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 293
Letters on Face Ownership and More
Letter to the Editor: RE: They Don't Really Own Your Face, You Know. Great Article Mr. Wilson. A great encouragement to me this day, Whoever THEY are may or may not own our faces. Let's work ...
Which Was Pretty White
“The clerk was back at his station, whiter than one of the motel’s towels.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 292
They Don’t Really Own Your Face, You Know
Introduction: Our situation is as though someone who had more authority than was good for him decided one day to see if he could get our entire population to begin acting as though they were autistic. ...
Not a Common Sight
“The traveling case was spinning around like an overweight discus, and it sailed down out of the mezzanine like a hard green plastic angel of death.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 292
The First Inescapable Concept
Or So It Seemed
“All the complaints had been filed, but the mills of the gods appeared to be jammed.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 287
And He Shot the Cliche Second
“The awkwardness evaporated right after they had ordered, and Benson broke out an elephant gun in order to kill the elephant that was in the—as they say—room.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 283
Nine Miles of Bad Road
Introduction: I want to begin with the observation that Joe Biden is an objectively poor candidate, and that by the traditional metrics he is running an objectively lousy campaign. The plain fact that he is clearly not mentally fit helped everyone to set a really low bar for the first presidential debate, such that everyone …