So anyway…

No, I don’t understand why this particular woman held millions of people in some sort of thrall, why we felt we knew her (although I’ve read a great deal about her from many sources, positive and negative, and I do have a good idea what she was like), and I don’t know why so many Continue reading →

People in the 1950s had really weird ideas about the year 2000…

First, watch this (which is real): Then, watch this (which isn’t, but which is extremely amusing): And then, related to the second video but not the first, but extremely entertaining (at least, I found it so):

So Miranda came up to me and said, “Mum, why didn’t you go to university to learn how to do something?” To which I replied, “I did!” Her father just laughed, but then he pointed out that not only had I gone to university and learned many useful and interesting things, I’d had a number Continue reading →

I had occasion today to see a picture of the lions outside the New York Public Library. I remembered them from my very early childhood (and I do mean very early, as I was born in New York and we moved away when I was only three), but when I saw them again, my memory Continue reading →

Just got an email with this subject line: Andrew Bromage said you two are married… It was from the Facebook system, and wanted confirmation of the relationship for social networking purposes. My thoughts went like this, though: Andrew Bromage said you two are married… I should slap him for spreading rumours like that…