My sister and I used to call it Barnes & Nobles.  If it was Barne's, it only seemed fair that it should be Noble's too - or perhaps it was just a slight ESL hiccup.  I still slip into the possessive on occasion, as does my sister, but now we/… Read full post »

"Parents would rather add 10 centimeters to their children’s stature than bequeath them one billion won,” said Dr. Shin Dong-gil, a Hamsoa doctor, invoking a figure in Korean currency equal to about $850,000.

From A1 of today's New York Times - on South Korean "growth cl/… Read full post »

Some drink and become merry, others are of a merriless kind. Which can be a bummer in December. I have a glass of wine, and histamine hysteria ensues, followed by a cat nap. When I'm not nodding off, I can be stubborn, aggressive (but passive) - as confrontational as bubble… Read full post »

The problem with 34 x 25 x 36 is its lack of a fourth number. Bust, waist, hips, IQ?

Let's face it, the cute can't do calculus. They turn heads, yes, but not the gears within them. At the intersection of the pulchritudinous and the perspicacious… Read full post »