We used to have names for people in our youth who made a bad impression. Any girl, doomed to never […]
Month: July 2007
Dad got offer he couldn’t refuse
In an incident that happens only in movies, one day my father received a windfall — literally, some 20 years […]
‘Done with the Mind’ is a classic
A game/contest on National Public Radio, which I find addictive, asks participants to guess the title of a book, movie, […]
We face typo gremlins daily
The world of deadline journalism presents challenges. On countless occasions, I’ve explained to a critical reader — or an even […]