The Oops File
Mistakes—we all make 'em. Why, just yesterday a kindly friend corrected my typo "Little Deuce Coop" before it appeared in print under my byline. But what if your oops involves a thermonuclear device?
Wes Phillips
Lenguage is That We May Mis-unda-stend Each Udda
Krazy Kat, Ignatz Mouse, and Offissa Pup are an eternal triangle. Yes, the comic strip, the language, and the whole situation defy explanation or logic, but once you fall under its spell, you'll find yourself enchanted and intoxicated. Sarah Boxer explains all—sort of.
New Songs
Birds like 'em.
On the Bass!
Just about every bass player in the world joined Spinal Tap for "Big Bottom" at Live Earth. How could I leave this behind?
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Good Handwriting
A skill I definitely do not possess. BC (before Computers), I was effectively mute.
Looking at Looking
Bagheera watches Huckleberry bird watch. If he starts making the chit chit noise, she'll reckon it's worth checking out for herself.
Huckleberry Looks At a Blackbird
At the sight of blackbirds
Flying in a green light,
Even the bawds of euphony
Would cry out sharply.
Flying in a green light,
Even the bawds of euphony
Would cry out sharply.
Hiro From the 'Hood
Take time out for beauty. The Brooklyn Museum has posted all 118 (!) woodblock prints from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo.
The Condor's Head
Ferdinand Mount's new novel features the Marquis de Condorcet, Thomas Jefferson, the Duke and Duchess de la Rochefoucauld, Jefferson's secretary William Short, Sally Hemings, Lafayette, and Robespierre—seldom, according to Adam Thorpe, to their credit.
Working With Fishbones
Courtney Scott fills us in on the life of an archeology undergraduate. It's not perzackly like Lara Croft or Indiana Jones.