I left more than just the Island yesterday.  I left behind, if albeit briefly, stupid city politics. Don’t ask. I know, I know, that’s ...

I like Mrs. T, lots.  A few weeks ago, at Back to School Night for Elizabeth's second grade class?  One of the first things Mrs. T said ...

It’s called the Startle Reflex.  For some newborns, it's triggered when they hear a loud noise or have the sensation of falling – that ...

Because of the time difference, by 6 a.m. in San Francisco, September 11th 2001 was already over – even though, of course, the day hadn’t ye...

I can't say polliwog without smiling.  C'mon, say it with me: Polli-wog.  Pah-lliwog.  Polliwog. Not only is it just fun to say,...

This Philco, Model 620F, went on sale in June of 1935.  It originally sold for sixty-five dollars - about a thousand dollars today.  It has...

Representative Michele Bachmann is wonderfully ignorant - which is fine and dandy.  I'm wonderfully ignorant of so many things.  The big...