I was quite surprised to read from File 770 that Alan Bostick had died a week ago, both because, well, he was younger than I, and because I...

What I like Trader Joe's best for is their frozen skillet dinners. The ones I like B. mostly wouldn't, so I have them for lunch, ty...

1. Sorry I wasn't one of the 8 million protesting for "no kings" on Saturday, but standing around for hours in the sun is no l...

So I'm reading all these books of Tolkien scholarship as part of the jury establishing the finalists for an award, and I'm not sure ...

The icon on the DW and LJ versions of this post is a caricature of Haydn, and for once that's really appropriate, for this concert consi...

We've had a resolution on the insurance question of the U-Haul driver who clipped my car three weeks ago. I'd made a statement on t...

The announcement of the Lord Ruthven Awards, named for the vampire in Polidori's pioneering tale, reminds me of another well-known Ruthv...

Mark Evanier can't think of any food he disliked as a child but likes now. I can, for myself: scallops, the shellfish. I disliked the...

I went into the Social Security office this morning. As I didn't have an appointment, I had to wait an hour and a half to be seen. (Du...

Wednesday, Stanford Music Dept. The quarterly showcase of matching the students up in chamber music groups. There were a lot of pianists t...