White is Not White

It is the 50th anniversary of the Beatles album known as the white album. The official name, The Beatles, is embossed on a plain white cover. An artist has collected – and occasionally displays

My Taste in Music

The review [https://www.theringer.com/music/2018/11/14/18094398/mumford-sons-delta-review] of the Mumford & Sons album included the following paragraph. It pretty much sums up my recent taste in music. >

No Self-Respecting Dog I Know

While looking through a holiday catalog I came across the page with gifts for furry friends. Dog beds, blankets, and even sweaters make sense to me. But they showed a dog scarf. There

Actual Voices

I understand what people must have thought when movies transitioned from silent pictures to talkies. “Ugh, he sounds like that,” was the reaction to the voices of several silent film stars. Their careers

On Writing

William Goldman passed away. He was the author of The Princess Bride, both the book and the screenplay, as well as the screenwriter of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the