Salt'n'Pepper
A close up view. Not what I expected.
Wes Phillips
Hay In Art
I've spent my time throwing bales of hay onto wagons and into barns. To think that I now complain of a hard day's work at the keyboard!
Five Things
These are more addictive than potato chips.
Nerves
Soup or sparks? How we figured out how they work.
The Universal Composer
Most of the reviews I've read of Edmund Morris' Beethoven biography didn't encourage me to read it, but Tim Page's beautifully written appreciation has catapulted it to the top of my list.
The Curious Incident of the Book Club in Texas
One of the best reads I've had in the last few years was Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a story written in the first-person voice of Christopher Boone, an autistic 15-year-old.
Birthday Song
What song was top o' the charts when you were born? (Or, if you're older than the pop charts like me, on your 18th birthday?)
Saying No to Wal-Mart
When Jim Wier told Wal-Mart he wanted them to stop selling his lawnmowers, was he being a good businessman or was he "the dumbest CEO ever to live"?
100 Best First Lines
One of my favorites was left out. From Anthony Burgess' Earthly Powers: "It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me."
Do iPod Users Really Think Different?
A Nielsen/Netratings survey suggests they might. Favorite alcoholic beveridge? Hard cider. Favorite car? VW. Favorite TV network? Cartoon Network, followed by BBC America and HBO.