I was called to a summit, representing the United States of Me in talks regarding Thanksgiving 2009. I am not a very effective delegate, but unfortunately the people can’t find anyone else to do the job. The only smart move I made was to stop for a pastry and a coffee on the way. Because […]
Read More SummitIf Americans have so little sense of nuances, it isn’t that they’re incapable of grasping them– after all, American reality itself is sufficiently nuanced– but that they would be troubled by them. To accept nuance is to accept ambiguity of judgment, argument, and hesitation; such complex situations force you to think. They want to lead […]
Read More Annotated Bibliography: French slop, Italian despair, and So Ends the Play.My nephew’s arms are softer than a mink, and definitely softer than every baby’s arm you have touched. He is two. His arm skin has stretched out some, but it’s still no rougher than when I first held him, when he was two months old. Last night he yanked his dove soft arm inside his […]
Read More Tiger, TigerOprah and I usually get along fine. But this week, she did a show on erotica and pornography. Some women have sex with strangers, on camera, for money. Some women buy kinky lingerie and sex toys. The show gave the overview of everything NC-17 and passed judgment on none of it. So I’m going to. […]
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