Here’s another amusing short film with a Christmas theme, this one from the UK, where cats are often called Moggie. (Running time 3 minutes and 20 seconds.) Sainsbury's 'Mog’s Christmas Calamity' from Outsider on Vimeo. Link: https://vimeo.com/145612004 by … Continue reading
In this charming short film sponsored by the Spanish national lottery, a night watchman does things to amuse the daytime workers he never sees. (Running time 3 minutes and 32 seconds.) loteria de navidad 2015 from againstallodds on Vimeo. Link: … Continue reading
I’m really, really late posting this. If I’m not mistaken, it dates back to the July 21 edition of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, back when they were broadcasting live every night after the Republican National Convention. But there’s … Continue reading
The Republicans running the North Carolina state legislature are currently holding a special session for the purpose of ramming through major changes to state government. They kept plans to hold the special session secret, announcing it just as another special … Continue reading
Samantha Bee urges Democrats to continue their historical support for working people and civil rights. I could quibble about some things, but on the whole I agree with her. One point she could have added is that by far the … Continue reading
A few years ago a friend of mine, who at the time worked for a great metropolitan newspaper (let’s call her Lois), told me that the paper had installed exercise equipment in the offices for free use of the staff, … Continue reading
One of the stranger developments in the United States over the last couple of decades has been a rise in rates of illness and mortality for non-Hispanic white Americans, especially women, the middle-aged, and those with low levels of education. … Continue reading
Most developed countries and many places in the U.S. require paid sick leave, and it turns out to have a lot of unambiguous benefits for businesses as well as sick employees and their coworkers and customers. But somehow a lot … Continue reading
To put it mildly, not everything about 2016 has gone well. But as novelist and polymath John Green points out here (in a video originally posted August 16), there have been some items of pretty good news as well, many … Continue reading
I dedicate this to my friends Carolyn and Dave, who have actually done professional recipe testing, some of which sounded as scary as this: Link: https://youtu.be/uP7DxANtDc8 by … Continue reading