I’m watching a movie called “Wild Hearts” on the Hallmark Channel. Having a post-op shoulder means I can type on my laptop while my hind quarters are anchored to the sofa, so I see a lot of movies. This movie has all of the story beats that I would put in it. […]
I’m glad I found the Captain Underpants books. JMan, who can read pretty well, eschews books for toys of action. He has just turned 7, and before I found those books by Dav Pilkey, he had a hard time sitting still for books. He can add numbers in his head, but is […]
BBC has the news about the code that appeared in the Da Vinci Code judgement.
A code hidden by a judge in his written judgement in the failed Da Vinci Code plagiarism case has been broken.
And, how did he do it?
The judge had told The Guardian and The Times that the code was based on […]
There is a good article by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt in the London Review of Books called The Israel Lobby. (via James Wolcott) It is good reading. I don’t have the time or space to talk react in depth, but here are the lead paragraphs.
For the past several decades, […]
NBC is cancelling The West Wing.
The new president on “The West Wing” will be a real short-timer: NBC announced Sunday it was pulling the plug on the Emmy-winning political drama after seven seasons in May.
The West Wing had some of the best writing on television. Lately, they have been turning the crank on […]
James Woods reviews Melville: His World and Work by Andrew Delbanco