Assistant Village Idiot

Listening to The Moth Radio Hour on NPR. I never heard it before. I like it. Do you think they know that this is a secular version of Tes...

We don't always get snow when the foliage is still bright.  It's a nice moment.  I wish I were a better photographer or editor, but ...

I heard indirectly about a man who did not recognise the phrase “raw weather.”  His wife wondered if it were regional dialect, as they come...

There is always much of interest at Volokh Conspiracy, though much of it isn't so gripping if you ain't a lawyer.  The first is PETA...

Won't last, though.

I think this was the first popular song that troubled Ben.  The first he mentioned out loud, anyway, that he had read the lyrics and saw the...

I'm thinking I don't want anyone to be president.  They're too much trouble.  Vice-Presidents seem to be a comparatively minor a...

I has already mentioned recently my great approval of including the peer-support model in schizophrenia treatment. Of course, this presumes...

Since I'm not part of the 1%, I must be part of the 99%.  As such, does anyone think I would be welcomed by the 99% Declaration Working ...

Let me start with a prejudice that caught me right from the start with OWS. It's this 99% thing. It may be only a PR mistake on their ...

There seems a slew of female vocalists who seem Bonnie Raitt influenced these days. Not saying I object. I just find it surprising.

Hang on through this. She has clearly had training, and could have done comic opera quite well.

Steve Sailer (sidebar) has a partial review, linking to a more extended version, of Pinker's The Better Angels Of Our Nature . An excerp...

I have a more reflective post about Lost Nation, NH that I will post this weekend.  But there were some nice oddments along the way that des...

NPR had some discussion of Scottish secession tonight.  I'm sure it's a serious subject and all that, but my first thought was ...

I spent more time with the people I went to elementary school with, and the people I went to summer camp and a six-week advanced studies pro...

In the new format, I can track the traffic to each post.  I was growing discouraged, as posts that have been up for a month are showing only...

Maz quote.  Theo Epstein is going to the Cubs, who haven't won since the 17th Century.

One of the search terms that brought up my site last week was  ზურაბ წერეთელი Yeah, I looked it up and see the connection.  Still pretty f...

Hey, we made The Onion! For those not from heah, Penacook is a real place.