Everyone nattering about the cost of living a middle class life in the 1950s, and how anyone could do it: read this book. Yesterday. @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social please reprint?

Movie starring Tony Randall and Joanne Woodward also worth watching.

I’m thinking I’m going to pull out my copy of Dave (delightful little comedy: Kevin Kline; Sigourney Weaver; Charles Grodin (of course he plays an accountant)) and watch it again. I mean why not. No time like the present.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social apropos of pysanky link you shared: marthalewis.com/protest-eggs...

A variant form here.

@triplingual.bsky.social hey, just wanted to say, nice to see you (in a manner of speaking).

I keep reading articles talking about how kids today don’t read books.
I’m at a loss because without an ounce of prompting from me my kid is currently reading High Fidelity (Hornby) and Educated (Westover) which is all well and good
But today she took my breath away when she texted me asking