I was half-awakened this morning by the sound of a helicopter (which mingled with the sound of workmen taking down scaffolding across the street and someone hammering incessantly next door - it wasn’t a particularly restful morning).…
My mom sent me the link to this very odd (and okay, I admit it, hilarious) article in the Norwegian Aftenposten. Cat-lovers beware: you may not be as amused by this story as I am.…
All the record company execs (and rich musicians) who gripe that the Internet is “killing music” should look to me - and everyone else I know, for that matter - for proof that this is not, in fact, the case.…
Today was a strange and sad, yet somehow ultimately life-affirming day: today was the funeral for Jeremy’s grand-uncle Alan Keith, the DJ who presented Your Hundred Best Tunes on BBC Radio 2 for 44 years - only retiring a few weeks ago at the age of…
Oh for pity’s sake. When Jeremy told me yesterday that French fries were going to be renamed “Freedom fries” in the cafeterias of Capitol Hill, I flat-out refused to believe it, even though he assured me that he was reading the story on…
My take on a probably-not-so-significant list.…