Purple and green
A present my sister Ellen made for Barbara and me: These four beautiful handcrafted quilted pot-holders in purple and green, to match the colors of the walls of our kitchen:
Recent Posts
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Against My Better Judgment: An Intimate Memoir of an Eminent Gay Psychologist
Would this headline be clickbait? “Eminent Harvard Psychologist Admits That He’s Gay!” Ho hum, it wouldn’t work as clickbait today. Nobody today would be shocked (except perhaps by the choice of verb in this made-up headline). But back in the… Read More ›
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Catch and Kill
Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein, Charlie Rose… What do these three have in common? If you’ve been under a rock for the past five years, you might not know. So read Ronan Farrow’s exposé, Catch and Kill. If, as is more likely, you… Read More ›
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How about a nice, relaxing cross-country bus ride from NYC to LA?
“Miles on the MBTA.” That was the clever (but unobtrusive) title of Miles Taylor’s original blog, written for years while he was a high-school student in Cambridge. His goal was to visit and review every station on the Red, Blue,… Read More ›
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Call me by my name.
“Call me either one. I don’t care.” It always surprises me when a student gives that sort of reply in response to my asking “Do you want to be called Liz or Elizabeth?” (or the equivalent, of course, depending on… Read More ›
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William is pretending he’s a hamburger…
William is pretending he’s a hamburger… but I’m not fooled.
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Fake news in Fakebook… I mean Facebook.
This ad just appeared in my Facebook feed. Clearly fake news!
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Which languages?
“This is America. Speak English, or go back to where you came from!” I hear that too often from Trumpian Americans who feel threatened by immigrants and others whom they don’t understand. The best story about that was told by… Read More ›
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Bella Luna update
I suspect that Bella Luna has been waiting with bated breath for me to review it once again. We end up going there for dinner about once a month, after all, since Barbara works upstairs in the same building. A… Read More ›
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Irregardless
Irregardless of the price, I am buying a new computer. Well, no, not really. Not any time soon, at any rate. But that’s not the topic of this post; the word “irregardless” is. “That’s not a word!” you cry. “If… Read More ›
Featured Categories
Books ›
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Against My Better Judgment: An Intimate Memoir of an Eminent Gay Psychologist
January 17, 2020
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Catch and Kill
January 15, 2020
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The surprising truth about Donald Trump
December 29, 2019
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Conviction
December 22, 2019
Dorchester/Boston ›
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Purple and green
January 19, 2020
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William is pretending he’s a hamburger…
January 9, 2020
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Bella Luna update
January 4, 2020
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Gyu-Kaku for the second time
December 26, 2019
Food & Restaurants ›
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Fox & Hound
November 1, 2019
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Seattle 4: The Food
October 30, 2019
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224 Boston Street
October 15, 2019
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Molinari’s
October 1, 2019
Life ›
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How about a nice, relaxing cross-country bus ride from NYC to LA?
January 13, 2020
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Call me by my name.
January 11, 2020
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Fake news in Fakebook… I mean Facebook.
January 7, 2020
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There’s no such thing as too many books.
December 16, 2019
Linguistics ›
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Which languages?
January 6, 2020
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Irregardless
January 2, 2020
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A Latin Christmas Carol?
December 27, 2019
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Carols for editors (and writers too)
December 24, 2019
Math ›
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366 days of math
December 31, 2019
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Every vote counts!
December 11, 2019
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A negative decrease?
December 9, 2019
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Election Math: A British approach from Plus Magazine
November 28, 2019
Model Railroading ›
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Murder on the Toy Town Express
December 2, 2019
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Greenberg Model Railroad Show
November 24, 2019
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Jed Sutter
November 3, 2019
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A Raspberry Pi class
May 19, 2019
Movies & (occasionally) TV ›
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BuffySpeak
November 10, 2019
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High Society
September 10, 2019
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Blinded by the Light (the movie)
September 2, 2019
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Booksmart
July 28, 2019
Teaching & Learning ›
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“Why don’t high schools teach CS?” asks Mark.
December 20, 2019
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It’s 50 years later; would I still be able to write something like my master’s thesis?
December 14, 2019
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The apostrophe? Its no longer needed.
December 3, 2019
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Are teachers entitled to get Social Security benefits?
November 21, 2019
Technology ›
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Intertwingled/“Hypertext in the Age of Trump”
October 18, 2019
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Graphing calculator prices: how TI cornered the market
October 16, 2019
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Comic Sans is back in the news.
October 10, 2019
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Neal Stephenson’s Fall
October 6, 2019
Travel ›
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Seattle 3: The City (with insufficient rain)
October 29, 2019
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Seattle 2: The Wedding
October 27, 2019
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Seattle 1: Chihuly
October 26, 2019
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Greek to Me
July 3, 2019
Weston ›
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Linguistics in MetroWest
October 8, 2019
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Weston alum on treating depression
July 5, 2019
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An outstanding vocal recital by a Weston student
June 3, 2019
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Do we have fair elections? Can we? Do we have equal representation? Can we?
June 1, 2019
