Scene 1: Westminster Hall is bedecked with greenery and tapestries covered with little white boars as King Richard III and Queen Anne enter. They look around admiringly. Anne: Isn’t it beautiful? (Coughs) I beg your pardon. And look, I’ve left a couple of places vacant just in case your nephews Edward and Richard return for […]
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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I’ve been asked to make my specialty for dinner at my folks’ house. As you can see, this will involve quite some slaving over the stove: Actually, before you start dissing Stove Top Stuffing (which I’m afraid I prefer to most homemade stuffing–I’m so perverse), bear in mind that one of its
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Happy Fourth of July! If you’re in the USA and you’re reading, ranting, raving, or writing today, take a moment to appreciate the First Amendment to the Constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or
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This being Memorial Day weekend, I would normally be at the beach, but as our family was away last weekend, it seemed better for all concerned to spend this weekend at home catching up. Instead, I sashayed down to the local university library, which is at its nicest in the summer. No pesky undergraduates hogging
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Why? Because it’s Girl Scout cookie month. I am a temperate person in most respects, but I have a weakness for Girl Scout cookies—or, to be more specific, the Trefoils. The rest I have no liking for, but the Trefoils I can polish off at the rate of a box a day (two if I’m
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