First off, this isn’t a Hillary-bashing post—I’m trying really hard to avoid that in the tone here (but I write this as an Obama supporter). Many individuals feel, I think somewhat logically, that Hillary is the most viable candidate for the big Fall election. But logic or not, I can’t ignore my gut. [...]
I arrived in Washington DC today, fresh from an all-day, one-stopover, slightly-delayed flight from L.A. I’m here to help with final preparations to sell my house — or, our house, I should say. The one Stella and I bought together in the summer of 2001, just two years after she moved to the U.S. [...]
Or a few questions, at least. I’m curious about how you read (or hear) this song, performed last year by a 60-year-old singer generally regarded as the godmother of punk:
If you don’t know the song, check out the lyrics here. It closes out side one of the 1978 album Easter, which also included the top [...]
My afflatus for today’s post comes from an aid for facundity. Dictionary.com has assuaged my diffidence and allowed me to bedizen my writing with true magniloquence.
A simple wonder of email blasts is the pleasure of subscribing to Word for a Day. I have always aspired to expand my vocabulary, but it’s so much [...]
Humanity’s struggle between the forces of Good and Evil is a cross-cultural theme that’s been around for most of recorded history. Therefore, it makes perfect sense that this subject should find its way into our popular forms of entertainment, particularly our songs.
This playlist is representative of the battle as I see it (not that my [...]