I don't read much highbrow lit, but DH does. Sunday, he showed me a review of a new novel by Philip Roth that was in the NYT, because he said it had to do with PC. So I had a look, because rarely do I see prostate cancer take center stage in art. I was [...]
Word for the Day: "Embarrassment." Do you still remember what that means? I don't. And you can throw out "Privacy," too. Does anyone have a dictionary? That's because everybody here has had someone, most likely wearing a white coat, trespass on their "private property." Or been close to someone who has. Since DH's (Dear Husband's) [...]
Joke or Fable? I read a joke to my husband the other day, and he said, "This is not just funny, it's philosophical." So I rolled my eyes and said, "You're such an egghead. What are you talking about?" He replied, "It's making the point that you should never rush into anything. You have to [...]
People are always complaining that they can't afford to pay $13 for a Viagra pill. Who can blame them? It's not as if you can put a bottle of pills on layaway (or would want to, for that matter). So a lot of folks are left "frustrated" in more ways than one. As a matter [...]
Recently, because of "Women's Equality Day," I have seen some questions about matriarchal societies. Do they even exist? The Dutch naturalist Frans de Waal believes they do: He cites our close relatives, the bonobos, as an example. Talking about our oversexed cousins is always fun. But people are starting to challenge de Waal's research. There [...]