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I walked Murray around nine this morning, when the weather indicated some clear before a period of moisture. There were some bits of junk ma...

BEDAZZLED, the Faustian comedy feature by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, delighted me instantly, though I soon started thinking that this part...

Playing piano at Minicon about 15 years ago. Photo by Tony von Krag. When you're learning to play a piece--on the piano, in this case--i...

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We used to have a canister which might have originally held potato chips, but which was about 8" across, making it suitable for a stack...

 In one of the earliest seasons of the Simpsons, Lisa has a substitute teacher (voiced by Dustin Hoffman) who she falls in love with on ever...

There's an episode of the original Star Trek series, not a distinguished one, where Kirk has to escort a trophy wife for some political ...

To everything, there is a purpose, and a time for every season under Heaven. There is a time to put your right foot in, and a time to take y...

The humble ellipse has several purposes. It’s not just for avoiding punctuation any more! Though it still fills that need admirably. I picke...

The paranoid’s dog learns to utter a soft bark, almost a cough, to announce itself before entering a room. A wolf put its nose under a human...

  I just had a walk with Murray, as is customary for such a time of day. He was asking for it. I prefer it to be my idea, but what the heck....

One is the loneliest number.  Two is how many can live as cheaply as one. Three is how many are a crowd. Four is the start of the Gettysburg...

  PRIVILEGEBALL: A competitive game for two teams. Each team to be composed of a dozen players of any ethnicity. The team will eventually en...

 There's a particular Fractured Fairy Tale I am inordinately fond of. It's a bit of a departure, and you'll soon see why. The be...