Also go see the debut of R. Alan Brooks' new film, "Always, Most of the Time," at Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver tonight at 7! It's free and there are 20 tickets left: lighthousewriters.org/workshop/fil...

Also, go see the debut of R. Alan Jones' film "Always, Most of the Time" tonight at Lighthouse Writers Workshop. There's 20 tickets left! lighthousewriters.org/workshop/fil...

He's going to teach them a play where they try to reach the end zone but never make it there before the game ends.

See, I told them they should have gotten crazy. They should have understood the logic of the whole series.

I have been a book reviewer for 25 years, averaging probably 20 reviews per year, and I've only been able to publish one review this year. I keep pitching, and crickets. It seems like publishers should use the funds that they'd use to publish one book per year and subsidize a book review section.

Yes, the frog appears thoughtful, as if he's either on the verge of saying something, or he's holding his mouth open aghast at what he's witnessing.

This is a great theory. I only have one question--you write that the frog is "smiley," when I think in fact he is frowning slightly. Does his expression of slight disapproval make any difference to the dynamic you outlined? Did that help the meaning in "context" become more clear, as you mention?

i humbly accept the nomination.

I always thought the rupture opened when the Cubs won the World Series for the first time in 98 years on November 2, 2016.