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"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it."—Oscar Wilde
Monday, April 7, 2025
In Defense of Libraries
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I don't post much these days, but this week is National Library Week, and in view of current events, I felt the need to say something...
Saturday, December 14, 2024
It's the Spook, Spookiest Season of All
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Seasons greetings to one and all! It's that “most wonderful time of the year” when Andy Williams promises us, among other things, th...
Monday, December 2, 2024
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI
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Several years ago I submitted an entry for a one-act play competition which called for “a comedic take on an Agatha Christie-style mystery....
Saturday, November 9, 2024
An Agent of KAOS
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If you're as old as I am, you will remember the 1960s TV sitcom Get Smart , created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry. (If you're too ...
Saturday, December 16, 2023
Is Anybody There?
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It's been well over a year since my last post. Is anybody there? Does anybody care? Does anybody read blogs anymore? Does anybody wr...
Saturday, March 19, 2022
Drama in the ER
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You can count my visits to the emergency room on one hand. Literally. There have been exactly five—three of which were due to chest pain. A...
Saturday, December 18, 2021
The Crown Derby Plate
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Six years ago, after reading an article about "the great English tradition of Christmas ghost stories," I began posting one or tw...
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