As Aldous Huxley famously wrote, “Rolling in the muck is not the best way to get clean.”

I make my grandmothers oyster “dressing.” It is oysters cooked in whole cream and butter, to which crumbled saltine crackers are added. Until this year, I was the only one who ever ate, or so I thought. I have been informed that my daughters now like it. This means either I make more or eat less.

This is a catastrophe in the making.

My honest reaction? Oh shit it’s a bobcat!

In Cold Blood. Read it as a teenager. Riveting.

Prasad is lost in his own obliviousness.

“Ball Four” is an absolute gem.

I once nearly missed an incredible professional opportunity because I got a message to call a doctor from “Pittsburg.” Happily, the call was from Pittsburgh, and the rest is history.

AOC: "They are weaker than they look"

Short clip on YouTube:

This is fantastic.

One of the few things Hemingway wrote that is tolerable.

I said what I said.

He forgot to say he’s the father of dragons, third of his name, bringer of fire, and shit.

Ginger ale is medicine. I will die on this hill.

SHe has a rubber alligator and she has a chew bone that she always brings to bed. But her favorite object is me.