Even Sesame Street is into it now. (more…)
Are not encouraging. (more…)
Yesterday I heard that J.D. Salinger finally died, and was told by a radio announcer once again that all adolescents identify with Salinger’s creation, Holden Caulfield. You could probably find dozens of writers today claiming the same thing. I can’t think of a single teenager I’ve known who reminds me of that self-absorbed, vulgar whiner. Apparently, though, journalism is teeming such people. When we were assigned the book in high school, I remember mostly mocking all around of the character and his oh-so-authentic speech patterns.
“Instead, the relative difference between partners’ levels of attractiveness appeared to be most important in predicting marital behavior, such that both spouses behaved more positively in relationships in which wives were more attractive than their husbands, but they behaved more negatively in relationships in which husbands were more attractive than their wives.”
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I don’t think even Nixon at the end truly “melted down.” (more…)
I thought this email was just too precious not to pass along. (more…)
Some folks are swooning over this photograph of Obama. (more…)
Post in the comments if you see any more letters from her.Though I suspect, like any good spammer, she will have moved on to another alias by now.
You all have already no doubt heard. (more…)