PUBLIC OCCURRENCES

Of Mice and Men the recent beheading of another american in iraq made me wonder again why people who are about to be executed don't resi...

INVESTMENT ADVICE, cont. take the university of pittsburgh "panthers" getting 7 at the university of connecticut "poodles....

"PEOPLE WHO TALK IN METAPHORS CAN SHAMPOO MY CROTCH," cont. -double-edged sword -lion's share -spearheaded

INVESTMENT ADVICE "bring on arsenal." that was the headline quote from manchester city manager kevin keegan on espn's socce...

i'm reading donald kuspit's new book "the end of art. i like kuspit a lot. i've read a couple of his books before this one....

INVESTMENT ADVICE nebraska is a 4 point favorite to beat the university pittsburgh in a college tackle football game tomorrow. putting a ...

the excerpt from "remembrance of things past" in the preceding post is one of those rare "impressions" that will stay wi...

" 'there is no man,' he began, 'however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived a life, the me...

"PEOPLE WHO TALK IN METAPHORS CAN SHAMPOO MY CROTCH" 'member that line from "as good as it gets?" i have grown...

UNDERDOGS, cont. RAISINS WIN! RAISINS WIN! how 'bout dem wrinkled grapes! fresno state followed up their win at the university of ...

"I'D LIKE TO BUY THE WORLD A COKE" heard on npr a little while ago that the composer of that little jingle from 1971 died l...

the poor democrats, they just can't keep their feet out of their mouths on foreign policy, can they? this is a little dated now but ...

UNDERDOG SUPPORTERS UPDATE did you see that the fresno state raisins, or whatever they're called, beat no killed a "university o...

THE GARMAN-GILL FAMILIES-WRITTEN 1971 BY ELIZABETH GARMAN GILL, continued. Eva loved horses and could hitch up a horse to a buggy or a ca...

MARY, II The next day, I don't know if it was before or after court, I called Mary and asked her if she would come down to my office. I ...

MARY, I Before a trial starts the tension is great. In anticipation of the need, the mind enhances all the senses. On the morning of the tr...

when my son was born i used to hold him and sing louis armstrong's "what a wonderful world" substituting "boy" for ...

bad, surprising (to me) for the democrats. two post-gop convention polls have bush up DOUBLE DIGITS. kerry got NO bounce out of the demos ...

i am getting hurricane fatigue. frances made me tense and then petered out. now ivan is in the caribbean and could turn into a category 5....

FOOTFALLS it is 10:00 on a sunday morning. i can hear my neighbor above me walking around her apartment in her bare feet. her steps are m...

speaking of underdogs... CONGRATULATIONS to erika ebbel for winning the miss massachusetts title. ms. ebbel will compete in the miss ame...

UNDERDOG SUPPORTERS about a year ago the annoying-voiced npr sports commentator frank deford did a piece in which he professed his favori...

FUTBOL IN AMERICA chelsea and a.s. roma drew 25,000 in pittsburgh last night. manchester united and glasgow celtic drew 55,000 in philly...

TRUE CRIME STORIES in court yesterday waiting for the end of calendar and the start of my trial, a wretched combination of boredom and a...

started again to read john bunyan's "pilgrim's progress." don't know why it's considered such a classic of litera...

"...i only thought to make i knew not what; nor did i undertake thereby to please my neighbour; no, not i, i did it my own self t...

ON, "THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS," II i registered my objections to what little doctrine or prescription there was in CLASH in ...

ON "THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS," I ah, man. just finished CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS (the book). what a disappointment. i have repeate...

i'm going to try to start a mini-revival of james fennimore cooper. one of the first truly american novelists he took up writing later ...

REASSESSING II were i president i would be satisfied that the definition of our enemy should be expanded be...