Month: June 2010

My son Lucas, when he was 2 1/2 years old, began speaking like an actor in a Merchant Ivory movie. “Merchant Ivory” […]

Is the phrase “the year 2000” or, more widely, “the year 20XX,” lost to history forever?  I believe it is–except preserved in […]

Secret stashes tend to fall along the lines of either those crappy fake hollow books you buy at Bed Bath & Beyond […]

Q:  Why do some people pronounce strength as strenth? Q:  Why do self-styled badass, bro-type guys like to shake hands sideways, palms […]

I love antiquated words. Some of the best stories about the origins of words come from a book called I Love It […]

So, a Portland, OR masseuse claims that in 2006, Vice-President Al Gore, groped and man-handled her in a hotel room. Yeah, whatever; […]

Holy cow. Previously, I have written about the Almighty Helvetica and how it was used to convey a sense of faux humility […]

Holy shit, Sally Quinn! I’m reading this profile in Vanity Fair of the ever-sweet -and-easygoing Georgetown (DC) powermeister, Sally Quinn, when this […]