Unqualified Offerings

Thanks to certain people, not to be named, a fair share of the evening television in this house is real-estate shows like House Hunters International and Property Virgins, plus all the remodeling shows where people turn rec room dreams into stratospheric HELOC balances, then a nice man tells them that their home is now worth [...]

I try to spend a few hours each season despising the show, and made a good start Sunday night. But Monday I got to cooking dinner and was mistaken in my hazy notion that the show ran from 9-11 or 9-10 or something. It was almost 9 o’clock when I got to the TV room [...]

And somewhere along the way
Our images sort of let each other down.
- J. Henry Burnett
This song comes to mind as @TAC’s Sean Scallon declares that if Sarah Palin were a completely different person and politician, she could become a hell of a person and politician. I like Sean Scallon’s blogging and @TAC generally, but, well, [...]

By Thoreau
Teaching at a public university in a state that may go bankrupt, it’s important to have backup plans. Obviously my preferred backup plan is to move to Switzerland and work as a chocolate taster. I’ll even assist the chocolate company (at no extra charge) in getting the catering contract at CERN, being [...]