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April 2019

• “ONE OF MEDICINE’S MORE DRAMATIC MOMENTS”. 2019-04-01

March 2019

• I MAKE A CLASSIC MONTY PYTHON MISTAKE. 2019-03-13
• LEASHES FOR TODDLERS. 2019-03-06 · 1 comment

February 2019

• MAYBE I SHOULD TRY MORE ROBUSTA. 2019-02-10
• COMPARING ARABICA AND ROBUSTA. 2019-02-09
• ROBUSTA VERSUS ARABICA. 2019-02-08 · 3 comments
• TUQUES AND HOODIES—-SOLUTIONS TO AN IMPORTANT DESIGN PROBLEM. 2019-02-07 · 1 comment
• THE MEATBALL UNIT OF MEASUREMENT. 2019-02-06 · 1 comment
• “CECI N’EST PAS UNE RUE”. 2019-02-05

January 2019

• FRENCH BABIES LEARN TO EAT WELL. 2019-01-13
• JOLABOKAFLOD—-BRINGING UP BÉBÉ. 2019-01-12 · 1 comment
• JOLABOKAFLOD—THE ONLY RULE IS IT HAS TO WORK. 2019-01-03
• NONPARISIAN ACCENTS. 2019-01-01

December 2018

• THE BEAUTIFUL FLATNESS OF ILLINOIS. 2018-12-29
• DIE HARD—-A CHRISTMAS MOVIE. 2018-12-28

November 2018

• SLEDGE HAMMERS AND PRINTERS. 2018-11-23
• LITTLE ANNALISA’S MISTAKE ABOUT VETERANS DAY. 2018-11-11
• ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE ENDING TO MEAURE FOR MEASURE—PRESERVING THE NUN’S HONOR. 2018-11-10
• A TRIUMPH FOR DANISH BAKING—-AÆBLESKIVER. 2018-11-02

October 2018

• “BOSS E MAIL”. 2018-10-26
• GOING A MONTH WITHOUT USING EXCLAMATION POINTS. 2018-10-25
• “GOMAN YOUNG WEST”. 2018-10-09

September 2018

• ARE BERT AND ERNIE GAY? 2018-09-19
• PREENING BIRDS. 2018-09-04

August 2018

• “THE AROMA AND FULL-BODIED FLAVOR OF AN UNUSUAL BOTANICAL”. 2018-08-29
• THE ADVERTISING FOR MALÖRT. 2018-08-28
• JEPPSON’S MALÖRT—A SWEDISH DRINK FROM CHICAGO. 2018-08-27
• WHY I RARELY USE EXCLAMATION POINTS. 2018-08-16
• EXCLAMATION POINTS AND E MAIL. 2018-08-15
• COULD YOU STEAL A GOLD BRIDGE? 2018-08-06 · 1 comment
• SENDING TRAFFIC TO A STREET WITH A 32 DEGREE GRADE. 2018-08-03

July 2018

• THE THEFT OF PARMESAN CHEESE. 2018-07-19
• IMPLEMENTING THE BACHELOR’S DIET PLAN. 2018-07-13 · 3 comments

March 2018

• “DUCK, DUCK, GRAY GOOSE.” 2018-03-09

February 2018

• THE RUM CAKE—A VALENTINE’S STORY. 2018-02-14
• YOURS FAITHFULLY 2018-02-11
• MEDITATION COMES TO PATERFAMILIAS. 2018-02-08
• PADDINGTON 2. 2018-02-06
• TRIVIA QUESTION ABOUT POPULAR MOVIES. 2018-02-04

January 2018

• SCANDINAVIAN EGG COFFEE. 2018-01-21
• DEBRA TANNEN: EVERY USE OR NONUSE OF TEXTING SENDS OUT METAMESSAGES. 2018-01-20 · 1 comment
• WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU SEND BY HOW QUICKLY YOU RESPOND TO A TEXT MESSAGE? 2018-01-19
• ACKNOWLEDGING LONELINESS. 2018-01-18
• LONELINESS RECOGNIZED AS A MAJOR SOCIAL PROBLEM. 2018-01-17
• “A BEACHED WHALE” IS A “STROKE OF GOOD LUCK”. 2018-01-16
• SOME LINGUISTS LOOK AT PERIODS IN TEXTING. 2018-01-10
• MY EFFORTS TO REPLACE A SET OF STEPS. 2018-01-08 · 1 comment
• AN INFLATABLE IRISH PUB. 2018-01-06 · 1 comment

December 2017

• THE LINGUISTICS OF “UM” AND “UH”. 2017-12-26
• MY OBSESSION WITH GARBAGE TRUCKS. 2017-12-18
• A CHILD’S OBSESSION WITH GARBAGE TRUCKS. 2017-12-17
• COSAGACH. 2017-12-16
• THE GOOSE STORY. 2017-12-13
• HERE ARE SOME OF THE ISLAY TASTING NOTES THAT DROPS OF WATER WILL INTENSIFY. 2017-12-01

November 2017

• TURNING Ph.D DISSERTATIONS OF PEOPLE I KNOW INTO DANCES. 2017-11-23
• TURNING A Ph.D THESIS INTO A DANCE. 2017-11-22

March 2017

• A STORY ABOUT CONCRETE. 2017-03-26
• MATISSE AND PATTERNS. 2017-03-06
• SOME OF THE SYSTEM PROBLEMS AT THE OSCARS. 2017-03-01

February 2017

• THE OSCARS MIXUP—IT’S THE SYSTEM, NOT THE PEOPLE. 2017-02-27
• WHICH WRITERS USE EXCLAMATION POINTS MOST—THE KEY. 2017-02-22
• “ŚMIGUS-DYNGUS”—A GOOD WORD FOR THE DICTIONARY GAME. 2017-02-18 · 1 comment
• AN AARHUS JOKE. 2017-02-05
• PEAT. 2017-02-04

January 2017

• MINNESOTA NICE. 2017-01-27
• KIM KARDASHIAN—“THE AMERICAN WOMAN”. 2017-01-17
• “THE GRANDDAD GANGSTERS”. 2017-01-16
• THE KARDASHIAN CAPER—ANOTHER MAJOR CRIME COMMITTED BY OLDER PROFESSIONALS. 2017-01-13

December 2016

• REPORT ON THE CHRISTMAS SENTIMENTALITY CHALLENGE. 2016-12-28
• THE ESSENCE OF HYGGE. 2016-12-27
• HYGGE—DANISH CHRISTMAS PLATES. 2016-12-26
• HYGGE—“COCOA BY CANDLELIGHT”. 2016-12-25
• “SQUAWKING GULPS—AS IF A SALT MARSH WERE GIVEN A VOICE”. 2016-12-24
• “PEOPLE JUST DON’T EXPLORE HILLS ENOUGH!” 2016-12-15
• THE THEFT OF THE BUCKET OF GOLD. 2016-12-10

November 2016

• “PEBCAK”. 2016-11-21
• MARKING THE END OF THE BLOG’S TENTH YEAR. 2016-11-20
• MISS PIGGY AND DRACULA—HALLOWEEN MEMORIES. 2016-11-01

October 2016

• MEMORIES OF THE GREENWICH VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARADE. 2016-10-31
• CATCHING A GRAPE IN YOUR MOUTH DROPPED FROM 101 FEET HIGH. 2016-10-27
• CUTE FERAL CATS KILLING RATS. 2016-10-26 · 1 comment

September 2016

• RULES AND USAGE IN PUTTING ADJECTIVES IN ORDER. 2016-09-30
• TOLKIEN’S “GREEN GREAT DRAGON”. 2016-09-29
• “A LOVELY LITTLE OLD RECTANGULAR GREEN FRENCH SILVER WHITTLING KNIFE”. 2016-09-28
• PEOPLE IN PANDA SUITS SOAKED IN PANDA URINE. 2016-09-18 · 1 comment
• THE LANGUAGE WEIRDNESS INDEX. 2016-09-13
• “THE GREAT ESKIMO VOCABULARY HOAX”. 2016-09-12
• A THEORY OF TU AND VOUS. 2016-09-11
• “SCHNAPSIDEE” AND “KUMMERSPECK”. 2016-09-09

August 2016

• THE PRECISE WORDS FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF BOGS. 2016-08-23 · 1 comment
• ‘QUITE HONESTLY, WE SEE THIS A LOT.” 2016-08-17
• THE ROOMBA AND THE POOP. 2016-08-16 · 1 comment
• RESEARCH ON MALOCCHIO. 2016-08-09

July 2016

• WHY MOVIES SHOW HOW THE MAGIC TRICK WAS DONE. 2016-07-17

June 2016

• MARY JANE DREAMS OF SMALL BUNNIES. 2016-06-28
• ANOTHER PERFECT ALIBI. 2016-06-23
• TWINS—MEMORIES OF POURING ORANGE JUICE IN MY EAR. 2016-06-01

April 2016

• THE SWEDES HAVE A WORD FOR “NOT TO SAY SOMETHING”. 2016-04-17
• THEORIES FOR USING SEMI-C0L0NS. 2016-04-16
• WHEN THE COMMUNIST PARTY FOOLED SARTRE INTO THINKING HE HAD FREE WILL. 2016-04-13
• IMAGINING SARTRE AS AN AUTHENTIC WAITER. 2016-04-12
• WHERE THE WORD FOR AUTOMOBILE IS: “THAT IT HAS WRINKLED FEET”. 2016-04-09
• A THEORY THAT SOME LANGUAGES HAVE BEEN MADE DIFFICULT SO THAT OUTSIDERS WON’T LEARN THEM. 2016-04-08
• A CHILD WHO SAW THE SKY AS COLORLESS. 2016-04-07
• CAN AN ENGLISH SPEAKER DISTINGUISH SHADES OF GREEN WITHOUT HAVING LOTS OF WORDS FOR GREEN? 2016-04-06
• CAN A PERSON WHO SPEAKS A LANGUAGE WITH NO WORD FOR BLUE DISTINGUISH BLUE FROM GREEN? 2016-04-05
• THE STRONG AND THE WEAK WHORFIAN HYPOTHESIS. 2016-04-04 · 1 comment

February 2016

• “IT’S ONLY A BOMB.” 2016-02-28
• THE CHICKEN STORY. 2016-02-27
• THE PRIMAL SCREAM. 2016-02-26
• BEING THE ROMAN EMPEROR WAS HARD WORK. 2016-02-19
• MARY JANE DREAMS OF PAM. 2016-02-17
• FAKE ONLINE LOCKSMITHS—A WARNING ABOUT SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS. 2016-02-13
• PUTTING THE MISSING POST IN SEQUENCE. 2016-02-03

January 2016

• DAVID FROST’S “HUMDRUM” BEGINNINGS. 2016-01-19

December 2015

• A WORD TO REPLACE “CAPITALISM”. 2015-12-30
• LISTERINE—-GOOD TO THE LAST DROP. 2015-12-27 · 2 comments
• REPORT ON THE 2015 SENTIMENTALITY CHALLENGE. 2015-12-26 · 1 comment
• UNEXPECTED FAMILY RESEMBLANCES—KIDNEYS. 2015-12-25 · 1 comment
• THE SENTIMENTALITY CHALLENGE—-2015. 2015-12-24
• LUTEFISK. 2015-12-22
• AMERICANS TRYING NORWEGIAN CHRISTMAS FOOD. 2015-12-21 · 2 comments
• “GET REAL, MISS LUZZO.” 2015-12-20 · 1 comment
• ENSAMHET. 2015-12-14
• A PHONETIC RAILWAY SIGN FOR Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. 2015-12-05
• “SCHAEFER UNIVERSITY”. 2015-12-01

November 2015

• THE FIRST TIME I WORE GLASSES. 2015-11-27
• SHOWING GRATITUDE FOR EYEGLASSES. 2015-11-26
• “GABAGOOL”. 2015-11-14
• THE LINGUISTIC PRINCIPLES THAT LEAD TO “PRUH-ZHOOT”. 2015-11-13

October 2015

• AGINCOURT—“THIS STORY SHALL THE GOOD MAN TEACH HIS SON….” 2015-10-30
• A CLEAR AND DISTINCT IDEA OF GOD. 2015-10-10

September 2015

• USES FOR HAIR TAPE—HAMSTERS. 2015-09-30
• FIRENADO AT A JIM BEAM POND. 2015-09-26
• AMERICAN CHIC IN FRANCE. 2015-09-25
• BROOKLYN CHIC IN PARIS. 2015-09-24
• “I CAN’T RELATE TO THE GOVERNMENT’S ARGUMENT.” 2015-09-22
• DESIGNING TYPEFACES FOR COMPUTERS AS WELL AS HUMANS. 2015-09-21
• SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ADRIAN FRUTIGER DID TO SOLVE LEGIBILITY PROBLEMS. 2015-09-20
• SOME CHALLENGES FOR TYPE DESIGNERS. 2015-09-19
• WHAT ARE THE CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF SERIFS? 2015-09-19
• SERIFS AND COMPUTER SCREENS. 2015-09-18
• HOW TO PRONOUNCE Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. 2015-09-13
• HUSBANDS FROM OUTER SPACE. 2015-09-01

August 2015

• WHY SO MANY VOWEL SHIFTS? 2015-08-04
• THE CANADIAN VOWEL SHIFT. 2015-08-03
• HOW I TAUGHT ANNALISA “THE MOST DEMANDING TASK MOST DRIVERS WILL EVER FACE”. 2015-08-02

July 2015

• A CHILD’S PET ANTS. 2015-07-28
• AN ADDITION TO THE HISTORY OF ANT MOVIES. 2015-07-27
• WHORFIANISM AGAIN. 2015-07-26
• “IMPRISONED IN ENGLISH”. 2015-07-25
• ARE THERE ONLY 65 WORDS THAT ARE FOUND IN EVERY LANGUAGE? 2015-07-24
• COCKABOODY. 2015-07-09 · 1 comment
• WHEN MARY JANE TOOK DOWN A REFRIGERATOR. 2015-07-03 · 1 comment
• ONE BUCK CHUCK. 2015-07-01

June 2015

• EVIDENCE THAT THE FRENCH DON’T “COPE” WITH PROBLEMS. 2015-06-24
• A GIANT CHICKEN SOUND (COMMENT). 2015-06-11
• A BABY DISCOVERS HIS MOTHER HAS A TWIN. 2015-06-05

May 2015

• THE LESSON FROM THE GARAGE. 2015-05-28
• THE BAD NEWS IS THAT THE DICTIONARY IS DESCRIPTIVE. 2015-05-24
• THE LOSS OF NATURE WORDS. 2015-05-23
• THE SKITTISHNESS OF CHICKENS—A STORY OF LOST LOVE. 2015-05-20 · 1 comment
• THE CRUELTY OF THE SUPER-EGO. 2015-05-12 · 2 comments
• “AGAINST SELF-CRITICISM”. 2015-05-11
• MY BACHELOR DIET PLAN THEORY. 2015-05-10
• THE NEW NORDIC DIET. 2015-05-09

April 2015

• JOHN LOCKE AND THE USE OF “LIKE” TO REFLECT SURMISE OR APPROXIMATION. 2015-04-22
• CHANGING MY MIND ABOUT USING “LIKE”. 2015-04-21
• THE ARCHITECT’S PLEA. 2015-04-11

March 2015

• A VIDEO OF A MAN EATING SURSTROMMING FOR THE FIRST TIME. 2015-03-27 · 2 comments
• MY MOTHER’S GUIDE TO TOASTING IN DANISH. 2015-03-26
• SCANDINAVIAN CUSTOMS. 2015-03-25 · 1 comment
• A COMPETITION IN WALKING LIKE A PENGUIN. 2015-03-12 · 1 comment
• PENGUINS HAVING DIFFICULTY WALKING. 2015-03-11 · 1 comment
• HOW TO WALK LIKE A PENGUIN. 2015-03-11

February 2015

• “WATCHED BY THE FATHER”—SLEDDING. 2015-02-27 · 2 comments
• THE JOY OF SNOW—PANDAS AND SLEDDERS. 2015-02-26 · 1 comment
• A MAN GIVES MEDICINE TO PANDAS. 2015-02-22
• HOW ANNALISA AND ADAM GOPNIK LEARNED TO DRIVE. 2015-02-21 · 1 comment
• VIRNA VAN DER WALT—A HEROINE. 2015-02-09
• HOW THE “GHOST BOY” WAS TRAPPED IN HIS BODY FOR OVER A DECADE. 2015-02-08

January 2015

• SONATA FORM AND SIT COMS. 2015-01-24
• THE RULES FOR WRITING SITCOMS. 2015-01-23
• DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES OF THE WIZARD OF OZ. 2015-01-20
• “WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE YOUR KIDS TO SCARY MOVIES”. 2015-01-19
• BALDRICKING YOURSELF. 2015-01-18
• WHIPLASH—”…THE NEUROTIC VOICE OF DOUBT PRESENT IN ALL OF US WHEN WE PERFORM.” 2015-01-17 · 3 comments
• HOW EXTRA WEIGHT HELPS A SINGER. 2015-01-16
• A CONTRARIAN VIEW OF DANISH HAPPINESS. 2015-01-15
• THE LAW OF JANTE. 2015-01-14
• HOW VIKING GROWNUPS CREATED ENGLISH. 2015-01-13
• IS ENGLISH DEVELOPING A NEW WAY OF EXPRESSING THE FUTURE TENSE? 2015-01-12
• WHY “TO FOLD” CAME TO HAVE A DIFFERENT MEANING IN ROMANIAN THAN IT DOES IN PORTUGUESE. 2015-01-02

December 2014

• CHRISTMAS RITUALS. 2014-12-25
• OUR INFLATABLE PENGUIN. 2014-12-24
• LOW TECH SOUND EFFECTS. 2014-12-22
• CHRIS ROCK—THE ISOLATION OF BEING RICH AND BLACK. 2014-12-15
• STEROIDS PRODUCE LONG–LASTING IMPROVEMENTS IN STRENGTH. 2014-12-06
• CURTAINS AND THE IDEA OF HOME. 2014-12-04
• WINTER AND HYGGE. 2014-12-03
• BUTTER IN COFFEE—IT’S AS TERRIBLE AS IT SOUNDS. 2014-12-01

November 2014

• PALEO COFFEE. 2014-11-30
• TASTING JEFFERSON’S OCEAN. 2014-11-29
• AGING BOURBON AT SEA. 2014-11-28
• HYGGE. 2014-11-27
• EIGHT YEARS. 2014-11-20
• THE FIRST TIME I SAW TELEVISION. 2014-11-16 · 2 comments
• THERE ARE STILL WAYZGOOSES. 2014-11-10
• HOW TELEVISION AND MOVIES FILL THE EMPTY SPACES IN OUR LIVES. 2014-11-06
• MOST OF WHAT MOVIE DIRECTORS DO IS TO LIMIT WHAT YOU SEE. 2014-11-05 · 1 comment

October 2014

• MISTAKING THE CHARACTER FOR THE ACTOR—AN UP TO THE MINUTE EXAMPLE. 2014-10-16
• HOW STEEL TANKS REPLACED BARRELS FOR BEER. 2014-10-01

September 2014

• USING BARRELS TO CHANGE THE FLAVOR OF BEERS. 2014-09-30 · 1 comment
• THE DEBUTANTE SLOUCH. 2014-09-27
• WEIRD WALKS OF TODAY. 2014-09-26 · 1 comment
• SMALL ACTS OF DIETARY REBELLION. 2014-09-18
• THE TwinX AND CALORIE BUDGETS. 2014-09-17 · 1 comment
• THE “TwinX”. 2014-09-16 · 1 comment
• UPTALK AND PERSUASION (COMMENT). 2014-09-12 · 1 comment
• UPTALK AS AN INSTRUMENT OF POWER. 2014-09-10
• THE HISTORY OF UPTALK. 2014-09-09 · 2 comments

August 2014

• OUR “C’EST NORMAL” STORY. 2014-08-14
• “C’EST NORMAL”. 2014-08-13
• MUSICAL TWINS. 2014-08-06

July 2014

• MINNESOTA AND WASHINGTON ENDORSE THE ZIPPER MERGE. 2014-07-30 · 1 comment

June 2014

• DID A JOURNALIST CON THE CON MAN? 2014-06-15
• TERMS OF ENDEARMENT IN YORKSHIRE. 2014-06-12
• KERNING PAIRS. 2014-06-09

May 2014

• IT’S HOW THOUGHTS ARE ORGANIZED AND IDEAS ARE EXPRESSED (COMMENT). 2014-05-31
• CAPS AND SHRIMPS. 2014-05-27
• ASPARAGUS AS YOU LIKE IT. 2014-05-26
• BEANS AND STRAWBERRIES. 2014-05-26

April 2014

• MORE ON “AUNT”. 2014-04-30
• “CREEK”—THE FULL DIALECT QUIZ (122 QUESTIONS). 2014-04-29
• PRONOUNCING “AUNT”. 2014-04-28
• HOW THE DIALECT QUIZ WORKED FOR ME. 2014-04-27
• WHICH DIALECT DO YOU SPEAK? 2014-04-26 · 2 comments

March 2014

• SAVING MONEY ON FONTS. 2014-03-29
• THE INFLUENCE OF LEAVE IT TO BEAVER. 2014-03-28
• BEING YELLED AT. 2014-03-27
• MORE EXPLANATIONS OF “LAGOM”. 2014-03-17
• “IN BOCCA AL LUPO”. 2014-03-05 · 1 comment

February 2014

• THE WISDOM OF CADDYSHACK. 2014-02-28
• A MUSICIAN PREPARES. 2014-02-23
• ANOTHER JURY STORY. 2014-02-22
• DID I MAKE A MISTAKE? (COMMENT). 2014-02-21
• “THE STUPIDEST ANSWER”. 2014-02-20
• A PROFESSOR PREPARES. 2014-02-20 · 2 comments
• ANOTHER HARVARD LAW SCHOOL MODEL FOR PROFESSOR KINGSFIELD (COMMENT). 2014-02-19
• COMPARING RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN TRIALS. 2014-02-18
• MARY JANE’S SERVICE ON AN ARMED ROBBERY JURY. 2014-02-17
• MY FRIEND’S SERVICE ON A MURDER JURY. 2014-02-16
• GIVING UP ON A LIFETIME GOAL—JURY DUTY. 2014-02-15 · 3 comments
• A VALENTINE THOUGHT REVISITED. 2014-02-14 · 1 comment
• ARE WE ALL PART OF A GIANT MATHEMATICAL OBJECT? 2014-02-06

January 2014

• LA MORTADELLA. 2014-01-29
• A PASSION FOR FONTS—200,000 TYPEFACES. 2014-01-19
• MY MOTHER’S OPINION OF BEER. 2014-01-17
• MY FIRST TASTE OF BEER. 2014-01-17
• AN INFANT MEETING HER FATHER’S TWIN. 2014-01-12 · 2 comments
• “LITERALLY”. 2014-01-07

December 2013

• TWO MINUTES THIRTY-SEVEN SECONDS 2013-12-25
• CHRISTMAS EVE FEASTS. 2013-12-24 · 1 comment
• WHY DO THE ENGLISH APOLOGIZE SO MUCH? 2013-12-16
• SHEEP RUSTLING IN THE FAMILY? 2013-12-11
• AMERICA—ACQUAINTANCES RATHER THAN FRIENDS. 2013-12-02
• THE VARIETIES OF CHOCOLATE. 2013-12-01

November 2013

• THINGS VISITORS NOTICE ABOUT AMERICA. 2013-11-30
• IN PRAISE OF THANKSGIVING DINNERS. 2013-11-28
• CAN THE GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE BE IMPROVED? 2013-11-26
• INTERRUPTING AT DINNER. 2013-11-25
• IS INTERRUPTING A MATTER OF STYLE ? 2013-11-24
• DO GREEKS INTERRUPT A LOT BECAUSE OF GREEK GRAMMAR? 2013-11-23
• THEFTS OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF FOOD. 2013-11-22
• SEVEN YEARS. 2013-11-20
• IS “HUH” A WORD? 2013-11-15
• WHY IS “HUH” THE SAME IN SO MANY LANGUAGES? 2013-11-15
• TRYING TO SING—REMAINING A CROW. 2013-11-13
• TRYING TO SING—THE EXPERIENCED TEACHER. 2013-11-13
• TRYING TO SING “ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT”. 2013-11-12
• MONDEGREENS—”…GENTLY DOWN THE STREET”. 2013-11-11
• “…TECHNOLOGY HAS AN EXTENSIVE PRESENCE IN TECHNOLOGY….” 2013-11-10
• COMPETITIVE KNITTING. 2013-11-07
• ANNALS OF TECHNOLOGY—GLOVES. 2013-11-03 · 1 comment

October 2013

• “CAN CHEMISTRY EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOURBON AND TENNESSEE WHISKEY?” 2013-10-29 · 1 comment
• A STANDUP COMEDIAN’S DEMONSTRATION OF THE RHODE ISLAND ACCENT. 2013-10-25
• THE RHODE ISLAND ACCENT. 2013-10-24
• THE EXCITEMENT OF RECYCLING. 2013-10-23
• IN DEFENSE OF BEAR MEAT. 2013-10-07

September 2013

• THE DERIVATION OF “SPAM”. 2013-09-15
• A SPAM COOK OFF IN HAWAII. 2013-09-14 · 2 comments
• A SQUIRREL COOK OFF. 2013-09-13
• THE PHYSICS OF COW TIPPING. 2013-09-06
• COW TIPPING DENIERS. 2013-09-05 · 1 comment

August 2013

• CORRECTION OF ERROR IN YESTERDAY’S POST (COMMENT). 2013-08-26
• 29 WORDS WITH NO ENGLISH EQUIVALENT. 2013-08-25 · 1 comment
• “NOUS TWITTERONS”. 2013-08-18
• TWINS AND BIRDS. 2013-08-13
• OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SENIOR— ANESTHESIA AND ANTISEPSIS. 2013-08-09
• USING ELLIPSES TO MAKE WRITING LIKE SPEECH. 2013-08-02
• THE SECRET BEHIND THE PERFECT ALIBI (SPOILER ALERT). 2013-08-01

July 2013

• A REAL LIFE MURDER MYSTERY—THE PERFECT ALIBI. 2013-07-29
• THE MAN WITH AN ORANGE FOR A HEAD CARTOON CAPTION. 2013-07-25
• WHY DO PEOPLE WATCH BAD MOVIES? MY THEORY. 2013-07-15
• THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. 2013-07-15
• WHY DO PEOPLE WATCH BAD MOVIES? SHARKNADO. 2013-07-14
• CLOSING THE CASE OF THE BOSTON STRANGLER. 2013-07-13
• JOKING WITH THE DALAI LAMA. 2013-07-02
• TWO PHILOSOPHICAL JOKES. 2013-07-01

June 2013

• SOME OF THE DEFINITIONS THAT COURTS HAVE NEEDED. 2013-06-04
• COURTS RECOGNIZING THE URBAN DICTIONARY. 2013-06-03

May 2013

• NOTES ON COOKING CICADAS. 2013-05-27
• TASTING CICADAS. 2013-05-26
• IS “WHOM” DOOMED? 2013-05-13
• COMPETITIONS AMONG WINE TEAMS. 2013-05-12
• WINE EXPERTS FAILING TESTS. 2013-05-11
• “TO BE A HEDONIST WITH BAD TASTE…” 2013-05-10 · 2 comments
• “LOL” FULFILLS AN HISTORIC NEED. 2013-05-05
• “INNIT, BRUV” AS GRAMMAR. 2013-05-04
• DOES “LOL” HAVE A MEANING? 2013-05-03

April 2013

• POACHING MAPLE SAP TREE BY TREE. 2013-04-19
• STEALING REFRIGERATORS. 2013-04-18
• TWINS AND ESP. 2013-04-06
• LAPHROAIG—THE ROMANCE OF ISLAY. 2013-04-04
• LAPHROAIG—DOES ISLAY MAKE A DIFFERENCE? 2013-04-03

March 2013

• WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE A HUMAN CANNONBALL? 2013-03-28
• STILL SEARCHING FOR THE ORIGINAL OF PROFESSOR KINGSFIELD (COMMENT). 2013-03-21
• COWS—A DANCE FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING. 2013-03-20
• OUR FAMILY LIKED BUTTER. 2013-03-19 · 1 comment

February 2013

• DEALING WITH A TOXIC PARENT AFTER GROWING UP. 2013-02-24
• MORE TASTING NOTES FOR LAPHROAIG. 2013-02-17 · 1 comment
• WHAT’S THE FRENCH WORD FOR HASHTAG? 2013-02-07

January 2013

• A WHITE COLLAR CRIME STORY. 2013-01-13

December 2012

• DECIBELS (COMMENT). 2012-12-09

November 2012

• WHAT THE CUB SCOUTS DO. 2012-11-23
• “STUDENTS SHOULDN’T BE GRADED SO TECHNICAL.” 2012-11-19
• DULL LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND LITERATURE. 2012-11-11
• HOW MUCH MAGICIANS PRACTICE. 2012-11-06

September 2012

• DROPPING YOUR G’S. 2012-09-29
• GET CARTER—PORTRAYING THE NEWCASTLE CRIME SCENE. 2012-09-18
• STEALING MAPLE SYRUP—LOTS OF IT. 2012-09-04
• LISTENING FOR THE NORTHERN CITIES VOWEL SHIFT. 2012-09-03

August 2012

• IS THE SWEDISH CHEF DANISH? 2012-08-31
• IS THE SWEDISH CHEF NORWEGIAN? 2012-08-31
• TRANSLATING THE SWEDISH CHEF INTO SWEDISH. 2012-08-30
• DO COMMAS CREATE AMBIGUITY?— BRITISH LEGAL DOCUMENTS. 2012-08-29
• THE OXFORD COMMA. 2012-08-28 · 1 comment
• LAPHROIAG—CUTTING PEAT. 2012-08-23 · 1 comment
• QUESTIONING THE PUNCTUATION ON THIS BLOG. 2012-08-06
• THE PUNCTUATION DEBATE OVER PRESIDENT OBAMA’S SLOGAN. 2012-08-05

July 2012

• WATCHING ROMEO AND JULIET AGAIN. 2012-07-25

June 2012

• MY CHILDHOOD GROUND RULES. 2012-06-19
• MY PARENTS WERE UNPREPARED. 2012-06-06 · 1 comment
• CODGERS. 2012-06-04 · 1 comment
• BUTTERING POACHED EGGS. 2012-06-03

April 2012

• MAINTAINING THE MATERIAL BALANCE OF THE EARTH. 2012-04-17
• DEATH OF A BUMBLEBEE. 2012-04-01

March 2012

• THE NORTHERN CITIES VOWEL SHIFT. 2012-03-04

February 2012

• A GREAT PHILOSOPHER ON BASEBALL AS A RELIGION. 2012-02-20

January 2012

• CLARK GABLE AND THE 50TH BIRTHDAY. 2012-01-29
• ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS ON MISTRESSES. 2012-01-28
• ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS ON DEFENDANTS IN CAPITAL CASES. 2012-01-28
• SH*T MY DAD SAYS AND THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE. 2012-01-13 · 1 comment

December 2011

• DREAMING OF BECOMING A LEMON CUPCAKE. 2011-12-30
• “YOU’RE LOOKING GOOD.” 2011-12-27
• MAKING SURE ALL THE AGREEMENTS ARE THE SAME. 2011-12-07
• THE EGGCORN DATABASE. 2011-12-02
• EGGCORNS. 2011-12-01

November 2011

• TWINS COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER. 2011-11-30
• PAINTING AN AVERAGE UNIVERSE. 2011-11-21
• DOUBLE SPACING AT THE END OF A SENTENCE. 2011-11-01 · 1 comment

October 2011

• GETTING RID OF THE CAPS LOCK. 2011-10-31
• STEALING A BRIDGE; STEALING A FERRIS WHEEL. 2011-10-21
• DAVID HOCKNEY: “THERE’S A LOT MORE TO BE SEEN.” 2011-10-06
• FLATNESS AND THE SINGLE-LENS VIEW. 2011-10-05
• DRAWING WITH 9 CAMERAS AND 18 SCREENS. 2011-10-04

September 2011

• SPOONERISMS. 2011-09-24
• CCR AND MONDEGREENS. 2011-09-24
• MONDEGREENS. 2011-09-23
• “DISINTERESTED” OR “UNINTERESTED”? 2011-09-14
• THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS. 2011-09-06 · 1 comment
• PICKPOCKETS AT AIRPORTS. 2011-09-05 · 1 comment

August 2011

• FORCING TWINS TO BE DIFFERENT. 2011-08-29
• ARE IDENTICAL TWINS AN “UPPER CASTE”? 2011-08-10
• SAND SCULPTURES AT DUBLIN CASTLE. 2011-08-04

July 2011

• CONCEPTS AND WHAT WE SEE. 2011-07-31
• FRA ANGELICO’S WHITE WALL. 2011-07-30
• THE CONCEPT OF RED. 2011-07-30
• LEARNING TO DRAW. 2011-07-29

June 2011

• CHASING THE LIGHT—JOHN SINGER SARGENT. 2011-06-29
• BALANCING JAPANESE LANTERNS AND THE LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN. 2011-06-28
• THE COLORS OF THE NEW YORK SKY. 2011-06-24
• WHAT HELLO KITTY MEANS TO ME. 2011-06-17
• HOW DO YOU BECOME UPPER CLASS?—CONDESCENSION. 2011-06-09
• BECOMING A ROCKEFELLER. 2011-06-08
• ONE, TWO, MANY—EVIDENCE FOR THE WHORFIANS. 2011-06-01

May 2011

• IN PRAISE OF DIGRESSIONS. 2011-05-26 · 1 comment
• THE ROMANCE OF MIST AND SPACE. 2011-05-15
• ARE OPEN WINDOWS ALWAYS ROMANTIC? 2011-05-15
• THE ROMANCE OF OPEN WINDOWS. 2011-05-14
• MYWIFENOSEVRYTHING AND THEWIFEDOESNTKNOW. 2011-05-07 · 1 comment

April 2011

• THE BANANA STORY. 2011-04-29
• MY MOTHER AND THE BLIND DENTIST. 2011-04-28
• COMPARING WORKS BY ARTISTS AND BY CHIMPANZEES. 2011-04-25
• SCHOPENHAUER’S ADVICE ON HAPPINESS. 2011-04-17
• LOOKING AT ONLY ONE OR TWO PAINTINGS IN A ROOM. 2011-04-16 · 1 comment
• A NEGATIVE VOTE ON THE GOOGLE ART PROJECT. 2011-04-14 · 1 comment
• LOOKING AT ART THROUGH REPRODUCTIONS. 2011-04-13
• ILLUSTRATIONS OF UNDERPAINTING AND OVERPAINTING. 2011-04-08
• UNDERPAINTING. 2011-04-07
• SOME TECHNIQUES OF VAN DYCK’S PORTRAIT. 2011-04-04
• “VALUE PLANNING.” 2011-04-04
• ANALYZING A VAN DYCK PORTRAIT. 2011-04-03
• SET UP…JOKE. 2011-04-01

March 2011

• “I BOUGHT A PET DUCK.” 2011-03-31
• WHEN I HAD GREEN HAIR. 2011-03-30 · 1 comment
• IS THE JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE A BLACK SWAN? 2011-03-27
• THE CLOUD APPRECIATION SOCIETY. 2011-03-22
• MARCH 19, 1988. 2011-03-19
• ANNALISA’S FIRST VIEW OF PARIS. 2011-03-15 · 1 comment
• IN DEFENSE OF THE ACADEMY AWARDS SHOW. 2011-03-03

February 2011

• THE CORNER BISTRO. 2011-02-22
• “PREVARICATE” CAN MEAN “PROCRASTINATE.” 2011-02-18
• FLIGHTS TO HONG KONG. 2011-02-12
• LIFE COPYING ART—KILL BILL AND THE MAFIA. 2011-02-05
• TWINS AND SEPARATE CONSCIOUSNESS. 2011-02-02

January 2011

• ALTHOUGH…. 2011-01-30
• “CUBAD” (COMMENT). 2011-01-25 · 1 comment
• SAYING IT TWICE. 2011-01-18
• NOT HEARING THE ACCENT. 2011-01-18 · 1 comment
• LOCAL TWITTER DIALECTS. 2011-01-12
• THE PITCHMAN WAS RIGHT. 2011-01-11
• MARY JANE’S NEW DREAM. 2011-01-11
• WHAT SHEEP AND SHEEP DOGS CAN DO. 2011-01-09
• HERDING SHEEP. 2011-01-08 · 1 comment
• PAYING ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS OF LIFE. 2011-01-02
• THE PLEASURES OF BOREDOM. 2011-01-01

December 2010

• JULE KAGE. 2010-12-25
• A CHRISTMAS RIDDLE. 2010-12-24
• “PITCHMAN APPROVED.” 2010-12-16

November 2010

• FOUR YEARS. 2010-11-20 · 1 comment
• HOMER SIMPSON AND ME (COMMENT). 2010-11-20
• SELLING CANDY TO SMALL STORES. 2010-11-18
• HOW THE SIMPSONS CHANGED NARRATIVE. 2010-11-13

October 2010

• THE “CRIME OF THE [TWENTIETH] CENTURY.” 2010-10-31
• A DIFFERENT “PERFECT CRIME.” 2010-10-31
• NEW YORK IN THE SEVENTIES—ST. VINCENT’S HOSPITAL. 2010-10-29
• EX-MIDS REVISITED. 2010-10-04
• “VULGAR”—THEN AND NOW. 2010-10-02

September 2010

• MY STUDY HABITS—THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING UNFOCUSED. 2010-09-11 · 1 comment
• “FORGETTING IS THE FRIEND OF LEARNING” 2010-09-11 · 1 comment
• ARE SPANISH BRIDGES STRONGER THAN GERMAN BRIDGES? 2010-09-07
• ANTONY AND THE BOOKMAKER’S VIEW OF HISTORY. 2010-09-04
• KABADDI AND SOCCER BALL TAG. 2010-09-01

August 2010

• WAR STORIES—THE HAIRY HAND. 2010-08-30 · 1 comment
• MY FIRST LAW SCHOOL CLASS. 2010-08-30
• ROBINS AND BLUE JAYS. 2010-08-27
• SQUIRREL. 2010-08-27 · 1 comment
• BEAR. 2010-08-26
• DINING IN THE FIFTIES. 2010-08-25
• SEA URCHIN. 2010-08-24
• DURIAN. 2010-08-24
• CHEESE STORIES. 2010-08-23
• MAGGOT CHEESE. 2010-08-22
• CASU MARZU. 2010-08-22
• SURSTROMMING (COMMENT). 2010-08-21
• SEIGNIORAGE. 2010-08-02 · 1 comment

July 2010

• HOW LINGUISTS THINK OF A “WARDROBE MALFUNCTION.” 2010-07-31 · 1 comment
• DO LANGUAGES AFFECT THINKING ABOUT CAUSATION? 2010-07-31
• UPDATE ON THE LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY WARS. 2010-07-30
• CHESTERTON ON TIMES SQUARE. 2010-07-24
• RACKSHAW DOWNES. 2010-07-23
• COLLEGE ADVICE FROM MY PARENTS. 2010-07-20
• ARE BAD TEACHERS GOOD FOR YOU? 2010-07-20 · 1 comment
• MY VOTE ON THE SOCRATIC METHOD. 2010-07-16
• MY MOTHER AND THE SQUIRRELS. 2010-07-11

June 2010

• REPEAT 840 TIMES. 2010-06-26
• THE AESTHETICS OF ELECTRICAL WIRES. 2010-06-17
• PROSPERO AND PIZZA. 2010-06-15

May 2010

• HOW PROFESSOR SCHAEFER TAUGHT LAW. 2010-05-16 · 3 comments
• WHO WAS PROFESSOR KINGSFIELD? 2010-05-15 · 2 comments
• MY SOCRATIC MOMENT. 2010-05-14 · 2 comments
• PROFESSOR KAGAN AND THE SOCRATIC METHOD. 2010-05-13
• WHAT DOCTORS DO. 2010-05-11
• HAVING SOMEBODY ELSE DO IT. 2010-05-11 · 1 comment
• MY CONFESSION OF GRAMMATICAL ERROR (COMMENT). 2010-05-10 · 1 comment

April 2010

• ADVICE FOR PARENTS OF TWINS. 2010-04-30
• TWIN LORE. 2010-04-30
• FINISHING SENTENCES. 2010-04-28
• TWINS—BAMBOO STRUCTURES. 2010-04-28
• IDENTICAL TWINS GOING ON A DATE. 2010-04-27
• SELLING A CALL. 2010-04-20
• CHINESE SYMPATHY. 2010-04-15
• MARY JANE AND GERALDO RIVERA. 2010-04-13
• BASEBALL AND MARRIAGE. 2010-04-09

March 2010

• EPHEMERAL ART—CHALK. 2010-03-31
• COMPENSATORY ETHICS: “IN THIS WICKED WORLD….” 2010-03-29
• WHEN MY LIMITED STOCK OF VIRTUE WAS RECOGNIZED. 2010-03-29 · 2 comments
• THE COMPENSATORY ETHICS THEORY EXPLAINS A LOT. 2010-03-29
• EXPLAINING HOW GREEN CONSUMERS MIGHT BEHAVE BADLY—THE DANGERS OF FEELING VIRTUOUS. 2010-03-26
• MANURE BUBBLES. 2010-03-25
• CAN GOING GREEN MAKE YOU MEAN? 2010-03-24
• THE ORIGINS OF THE FIRST ROTISSERIE LEAGUE (AND ALSO THE SECOND). 2010-03-23 · 1 comment
• WERE THE LEGOS STOLEN (COMMENT)? 2010-03-22
• THE IMPERMANENCE OF LEGOS (COMMENT) 2010-03-21 · 1 comment
• LEGOS AND CONCEPTUAL ART. 2010-03-19 · 1 comment
• SCHADENFREUDE. 2010-03-11
• VAN GOGH, GARDENS AND COLOR. 2010-03-07 · 1 comment

February 2010

• “THE WOMAN WITHOUT A FACE”—SOLUTION TOMORROW. 2010-02-24
• MORE TASTING NOTES FOR LAPHROAIG. 2010-02-18 · 2 comments
• SABERMETRICS COMES TO FOOTBALL. 2010-02-18
• MY MOTHER’S BROKEN HEART. 2010-02-15
• HEARTS PHYSICALLY BROKEN BY LOVE. 2010-02-15
• TU AND VOUS—STATUS PROBLEMS 2010-02-08
• VINDICATION FOR MY FATHER. 2010-02-05

January 2010

• MY FATHER, THE CODGER. 2010-01-28
• COMMARES. 2010-01-19
• A FLOOR COLLAPSES. 2010-01-18
• HOW PRONUNCIATION CHANGES—NEOPOLITAN DIALECT. 2010-01-15
• IS THE PAST REAL? 2010-01-12 · 1 comment
• ARE THERE ELEVEN BASIC COLOR CATEGORIES? 2010-01-11
• DOES LANGUAGE SHAPE HOW WE SEE COLOR? 2010-01-10
• MY WHORFIAN TENDENCIES. 2010-01-09 · 1 comment
• DOES LANGUAGE SHAPE THE WAY WE THINK? 2010-01-08
• “THEY”—AN APOLOGY. 2010-01-07 · 2 comments
• THE GRAMMATICAL ERROR OF THE COLLEGE EDUCATED. 2010-01-06
• MEN IN BLACK—ONE OF THE TEN BEST MOVIES OF 1997? 2010-01-02 · 1 comment
• THE HANGOVER—ONE OF THE TEN BEST MOVIES OF 2009? 2010-01-02 · 3 comments

December 2009

• NICK’S NEXT STAND-UP GIG. 2009-12-28
• WHAT IS THE HARDEST LANGUAGE? 2009-12-27
• CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS BACK IN THE DAY. 2009-12-23
• IF METHOD ACTING IS DEAD, WHAT KILLED IT? 2009-12-21
• INITIATING THE NEW IN-LAW—IRISH STYLE. 2009-12-19
• INITIATING THE NEW IN-LAW. 2009-12-19
• A PRESENT FOR ANNALISA. 2009-12-14 · 2 comments
• WOMEN AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 2009-12-07
• PHRAGMITES. 2009-12-04
• APPRECIATING SEEDHEADS IN AUTUMN GARDENS. 2009-12-03

November 2009

• EXOTIC AMERICAN FOODS. 2009-11-27
• RELATING TO PEOPLE THROUGH NEWSPAPER ARTICLES. 2009-11-20 · 2 comments
• LONELINESS. 2009-11-02

October 2009

• ANGRY ACADEMICS–THE RHETORIC OF “DERANGED KILLERS.” 2009-10-30
• LOOKING BACK FROM MY SIXTIES. 2009-10-25
• SEEING WITH DAVID HOCKNEY’S EYES. 2009-10-21
• COCKTAILS MADE WITH LAPHROAIG. 2009-10-20
• TASTING NOTES ON LAPHROAIG. 2009-10-20 · 1 comment
• @ (REDUX). 2009-10-14
• TURNING TWINS INTO FREAKS. 2009-10-12 · 1 comment
• DIANE ARBUS—TWINS AND OTHER “FREAKS.” 2009-10-11 · 1 comment
• ARE TWINS DIFFERENT FROM “NORMAL PEOPLE”? 2009-10-10 · 3 comments
• ORDINARY PEOPLE BEING TREATED WITH RESPECT. 2009-10-03
• “GOTTI CANARY TELLS OF MOB POWER PERKS.” 2009-10-02
• THE SCARIEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME. 2009-10-01

September 2009

• @. 2009-09-28
• “MY DOG PREFERS LANCOME.” 2009-09-22
• A JOURNEY IN QUEENS. 2009-09-19
• DISCOVERING THE BEATLES. 2009-09-09 · 1 comment
• WAS IT GOOD THAT THE BEATLES BROKE UP? 2009-09-09

August 2009

• PLEIN-AIR. 2009-08-31 · 1 comment
• NOT THE BEST FILM OF ALL TIME. 2009-08-11 · 1 comment
• CULTURAL LITERACY—MOVIES. 2009-08-09 · 1 comment

July 2009

• A QUIBBLE ABOUT RANDOM PROCESSES. 2009-07-31
• GREASE. 2009-07-27
• OVALTINE. 2009-07-26
• FOURTH OF JULY WITH THE MUPPETS. 2009-07-04
• STORING UP MEMORIES. 2009-07-01 · 1 comment

June 2009

• THE HAPPY MEMORIES OF CRIMINALS (COMMENT). 2009-06-30
• BERNIE MADOFF’S MEMORIES. 2009-06-29 · 3 comments
• “DON’T WORRY. I CAN SEE.” 2009-06-20
• THREE RIGHT TURNS EQUALS A LEFT. 2009-06-20
• LIVING IN CAVES. 2009-06-19
• “YOU WAS.” 2009-06-17 · 1 comment
• USEFUL PHRASES–“MISERY POKER.” 2009-06-16 · 3 comments
• FINDING AN ANSWER TO SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT BEING A TWIN. 2009-06-09 · 10 comments

May 2009

• MY INNER BLACKADDER. 2009-05-24
• MATERFAMILIAS. 2009-05-10
• WHY YOU SHOULD EAT MORE TOADS. 2009-05-03

April 2009

• REWRITING AFTER IT’S DONE. 2009-04-29 · 1 comment
• A KEY SYMPTOM: “I DON’T FEEL WELL.” 2009-04-28
• ACTS OF KINDNESS—J. R. RICHARD. 2009-04-27
• VERONESE’S BIG IDEA. 2009-04-26
• IDEAS IN MEDIEVAL ART. 2009-04-25
• “THE SAME LICENSE AS POETS AND MADMEN.” 2009-04-24
• VERONESE AND THE INQUISITION. 2009-04-23
• SUSAN BOYLE AND OUTLIERS. 2009-04-21
• PASSING OVER ETHICS IN SILENCE. 2009-04-15
• DOES REASONING HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ETHICS? 2009-04-14
• HOW TO LEARN MATH. 2009-04-12
• THE WORKMAN’S CAP. 2009-04-11
• A FORMAL MAN. 2009-04-11
• CLASS AND SUCCESS–AMERICA AND BRITAIN. 2009-04-10 · 1 comment
• WHISTLING AND PHILOSOPHY. 2009-04-09
• SILENCE AND PHILOSOPHY. 2009-04-08
• CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS BACK IN THE DAY. 2009-04-07
• ONE HUNDRED PER CENT. 2009-04-06

March 2009

• SCORN FOR LANDSCAPES IN OTHER CENTURIES. 2009-03-25 · 1 comment
• TWO USEFUL FRENCH WORDS. 2009-03-22 · 1 comment
• GODFATHER STORIES. 2009-03-14
• “SIGNIFICANT ART IS ABOUT IDEAS.” 2009-03-07 · 1 comment
• THE DEATH OF PAINTING? 2009-03-06
• STANDUP COMEDY FROM ANCIENT GREECE. 2009-03-02 · 1 comment

February 2009

• THE RETURN OF THE SEMI-COLON? 2009-02-24
• MICROLANGUAGES AND VENETIAN DIALECTS. 2009-02-17
• CORRESPONDENCE CHESS AND LOVEMAKING. 2009-02-16
• NOUNS AND VERBS. 2009-02-15
• ANOTHER VALENTINE THOUGHT. 2009-02-14
• A VALENTINE THOUGHT. 2009-02-14
• SCRABBLE AND LOVE. 2009-02-13
• LUCITE. 2009-02-12
• LOLCAT. 2009-02-04
• THE OTHER “BEST MOVIE I’VE EVER SEEN” (COMMENT). 2009-02-03 · 1 comment
• WATCHING BABETTE’S FEAST WITH A DANE. 2009-02-03
• AVOID THE “REFUSAL TO BE PLEASED.” 2009-02-01 · 2 comments

January 2009

• TODAY’S SIMPLER SENTENCES. 2009-01-31
• SAMUEL JOHNSON AND NaNoRiMo. 2009-01-30
• FORMULA 1 AND THE OPERATING ROOM. 2009-01-28 · 1 comment
• 83 CONSONANTS. 2009-01-26
• KING KONG, THE BAGGIE. 2009-01-25
• ART WITH BAGGIES. 2009-01-25
• THE DEATH OF LANDSCAPE? 2009-01-17 · 4 comments
• “VOICES” USING SIGN LANGUAGE. 2009-01-11
• ADVENTURES IN FINE EATING—SQUIRREL. 2009-01-09 · 1 comment
• UPS AND DOWNS. 2009-01-04

December 2008

• ANOTHER YEAR WITHOUT BEING CHARGED BY AN ELEPHANT. 2008-12-30 · 1 comment
• A CHAMPION FAILS TO BREAK THE FRUITCAKE RECORD. 2008-12-28
• NO LIVES ARE ORDINARY. 2008-12-26
• WHO WANTS TO BE A CELEBRITY? 2008-12-24
• THE EXTRA CHARACTER IN THE UP SERIES. 2008-12-24
• ‘GIVE ME THE CHILD UNTIL HE IS SEVEN AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE MAN.” 2008-12-23 · 1 comment
• THE UP SERIES. 2008-12-22
• THINKING LIKE A LAWYER: WHAT COULD GO WRONG? (COMMENT). 2008-12-20
• LENDING MILLIONS TO AN UNKNOWN MAN (REVISITED) 2008-12-10 · 2 comments
• THE COLLECTED E MAILS OF…. 2008-12-09 · 1 comment
• THE INTERNET IS FOREVER (COMMENT). 2008-12-09

November 2008

• THANKS TO THOSE WHO WENT BEFORE. 2008-11-27
• DO I HAVE A WILL? 2008-11-24
• PIGEONS DEFERRING GRATIFICATION. 2008-11-23
• AND A DUCK. 2008-11-22 · 1 comment
• TWO YEARS. 2008-11-20 · 5 comments
• A RATING AGENCY FOR LIQUIDITY. 2008-11-16
• HEANEY—BOG PEOPLE. 2008-11-14 · 3 comments

October 2008

• DELEVERAGING. 2008-10-26
• BARNEY FRANK AND LEARNED HAND ON VOTING. 2008-10-18
• BUY AND HOLD. 2008-10-13 · 1 comment
• BORROWING SHORT AND LENDING LONG–REVISITED (KIDS, PLEASE READ). 2008-10-11

September 2008

• LEARNING HOW TO CHOOSE HOW AND WHAT YOU THINK. 2008-09-30
• WHEN I FIRST WORE SCRUBS. 2008-09-24 · 2 comments
• IRIDESCENT DOVES. 2008-09-19 · 1 comment
• VENICE–DON’T FEED THE PIGEONS. 2008-09-18 · 2 comments
• IS HEALTH CARE SPENDING THE SAME FOR THE RICH AS IT IS FOR THE POOR? 2008-09-14
• HOW THE MIDWEST IS DISORIENTING. 2008-09-05 · 1 comment
• ENJOYING THE TRAVEL PROCESS. 2008-09-04
• DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN RED WINE AND WHITE WINE. 2008-09-02 · 2 comments
• THE PAGE 69 TEST. 2008-09-01 · 1 comment

August 2008

• THE BIG SLEEP—NO CLARITY IN THE DARKNESS. 2008-08-29
• UNRESOLVED MYSTERIES. 2008-08-28
• UNKNOWN PUNISHMENTS (COMMENT). 2008-08-28
• LANDSCAPE AND SKY. 2008-08-23 · 1 comment
• SPANKING MACHINES (COMMENT). 2008-08-21 · 5 comments
• THE ZIPPER MERGE. 2008-08-11 · 4 comments
• WANTING TO BE A CHAMELEON. 2008-08-10
• WHY CONFIDENCE MEN ARE NICE. 2008-08-06
• A TABLOID ENDING. 2008-08-05
• THE INFLUENCE OF PHILOSOPHERS. 2008-08-03 · 1 comment

July 2008

• ARE THERE REASONABLE MEN IN PLACES WHERE THEY DON’T SPEAK ENGLISH? 2008-07-30
• WERE THERE REASONABLE MEN IN SHAKESPEARE’S TIME? 2008-07-30
• THE BUSLOAD OF BISHOPS: THE ANTICLIMAX. 2008-07-29
• MY FATHER AND THE BUSLOAD OF BISHOPS. 2008-07-28
• A BUSLOAD OF BISHOPS. 2008-07-27
• “SWELL.” 2008-07-09

June 2008

• TRAVELING WITH GUIDEBOOKS. 2008-06-30 · 1 comment
• CRIME AND THE SEMI-COLON. 2008-06-28
• PASSIONS AND THE SEMI-COLON. 2008-06-28
• WHERE LONDON BOOKS TAKE PLACE. 2008-06-25 · 1 comment
• LOCAL COLOR: MCDONALD’S IN HONG KONG. 2008-06-24 · 1 comment
• GEMINI (COMMENT). 2008-06-04 · 2 comments
• MIRROR NEURONS AND SYMPATHY. 2008-06-03
• COMPENSATION FOR THE LOSS OF TOLEDO. 2008-06-02 · 1 comment
• OCTOPUSES AND PEOPLE. 2008-06-01

May 2008

• I MAY BE VULGAR, BUT I’M NOT A UTOPIAN (COMMENT). 2008-05-28
• A NOVELIST WHO REJECTED DIALOGUE. 2008-05-26
• ARE PERSONALITIES OF TWINS ONLY FIFTY PER CENT THE SAME? 2008-05-20 · 7 comments
• DOES PERSONALITY COME FROM NATURE OR NURTURE? 2008-05-19 · 1 comment
• THE PERSONALITIES OF OCTOPUSES. 2008-05-18
• BABY NAMES. 2008-05-12 · 2 comments
• THE TRICOLON. 2008-05-11 · 4 comments
• IS TRAVEL IN EUROPE OVERRATED? 2008-05-10
• A CONTRARIAN ECONOMIST FAVORS THE GAS TAX HOLIDAY PROPOSAL. 2008-05-09 · 1 comment

April 2008

• NORTHWESTERN STORY—HEROISM. 2008-04-24
• MY MOTHER AND THE ZOO. 2008-04-19
• ALLOCATING WILLPOWER. 2008-04-05 · 1 comment

March 2008

• BEING WHO YOU WANT TO BE. 2008-03-31 · 2 comments
• ROADS IN LAOS. 2008-03-31
• THE MAN WHO STOLE 40,000 COAT HANGERS. 2008-03-27
• TELLER AND THE JELLY DOUGHNUT. 2008-03-20 · 3 comments
• BLOOD IN OLD MOVIES. 2008-03-07

February 2008

• AN AMERICAN AND A CLOCHARD. (COMMENT). 2008-02-28
• EUROPEANS AND AMERICAN POVERTY. 2008-02-25 · 2 comments
• WELCOME TO SOBRO. 2008-02-24 · 1 comment
• WHY DO YOU LIKE YOUR FAVORITE PAINTINGS? 2008-02-16

December 2007

• MERRY CHRISTMAS! 2007-12-25
• WHY DOCTORS SHOULD USE CHECKLISTS. 2007-12-07 · 2 comments
• GERMS. 2007-12-06
• SHOULD HOSPITALS BE INSPECTED FOR CLEANLINESS? 2007-12-05 · 1 comment

November 2007

• CLASSIC, ROMANTIC AND STANDUP. 2007-11-26 · 1 comment
• STANDUP—“CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MASCULINITY.” 2007-11-25
• ARRANGED MARRIAGES. 2007-11-06 · 4 comments
• CLEAN HANDS (REVISITED). 2007-11-01

October 2007

• THE WITCH’S HOUSE. 2007-10-31
• MY NIGHT WITH A CELEBRITY. 2007-10-30
• HOW PRESIDENT SARKOZY MET HIS WIFE. 2007-10-21
• WEDDING SONG. 2007-10-04 · 1 comment

September 2007

• POLAR BEARS AND MARSHMALLOWS. 2007-09-22 · 5 comments
• NEW LUDDITES. 2007-09-17
• MICROACCENTS (COMMENT). 2007-09-01
• MICROCLIMATES. 2007-09-01

July 2007

• A HOSPITAL SUCCEEDS IN REDUCING INFECTIONS. 2007-07-28
• DANISH VOCABULARY (COMMENT). 2007-07-25 · 4 comments
• DANISH WORDS (COMMENT). 2007-07-25
• MAWNGENOWN. 2007-07-23 · 4 comments
• Uppehållsväder. 2007-07-23
• ARE TWINS UNSUCCESSFUL? (COMMENT). 2007-07-22 · 1 comment

June 2007

• A TOWN’S 700th BIRTHDAY. 2007-06-25
• IS THIS THE WORLD’S GREATEST SCREEVER? 2007-06-22
• PAM MINZNER AND DICK MINZNER. 2007-06-22
• UNHEARD TRAINS (COMMENT). 2007-06-19
• THE SONGS OF BIRDS. 2007-06-18 · 1 comment
• THE ROAR OF THE CRICKETS. 2007-06-17 · 1 comment
• PASSPORT ERRORS–IT’S PROBABLY THE SYSTEM COMMENT). 2007-06-16 · 2 comments
• PASSPORT OFFICE INCOMPETENCE. 2007-06-13 · 4 comments
• THE ROAR OF CICADAS. 2007-06-09 · 1 comment
• DANGEROUS CATERPILLARS AND HIGH FASHION. 2007-06-03 · 1 comment
• BESTE–AN EXCITING LIFE. 2007-06-02
• THE COMPLEXITIES OF TU AND VOUS (COMMENT). 2007-06-01
• STOPPING HOSPITAL INFECTIONS–USE PETRI DISHES? 2007-06-01

May 2007

• A PITFALL OF ARGUING WITH FRIENDS. 2007-05-28
• EATING CICADAS. 2007-05-25

March 2007

• THE FLOW OF WATER UNDER US. 2007-03-28 · 4 comments

February 2007

• OH RATS–NOSTALGIA FOR GREENWICH VILLAGE. 2007-02-26 · 1 comment

December 2006

• GERALD FORD–EX-MID 2006-12-30 · 3 comments
• GERALD FORD–A NICE MAN. 2006-12-27
• GOOD WILL TO MEN. 2006-12-25
• LONELINESS IN AMERICA. 2006-12-24
• WHAT IS A HOBBY HORSE? 2006-12-23