Archive for the 'Life and Life Only' Category


Stephanie Cole

I was reading the class notes. Go to a college as small as Middlebury and you know everybody, at least those in your year. They put out a publication each annum entitled “New Faces” with pictures of all the freshmen, you can look them up, hell, you can even find these booklets online today, such […]

White Lotus

This is the hottest show on television. My inbox has filled up for weeks with people asking me, “Have you seen it?” I hadn’t. But now that it’s all over I decided to binge it, to see what all the hoopla is about. It’s very simple, it’s on HBO. Over two decades, HBO has built […]

Underwood & Aldean

“Carrie Underwood’s account clicked like on an anti-mask tweet. The outraged reaction shows what happens when country stars are silent on politics.”: https://wapo.st/3y1YUrt Since we canceled Morgan Wallen for ignorance, can we now do the same with Carrie Underwood…and Jason Aldean? In case you missed the memo, Carrie Underwood “liked” the video of a school […]

Mailbag

From: Fred Lager Re: Americone Dream/Cherry Garcia Bob, Cherry Garcia was suggested to us by an anonymous postcard from two Dead heads in Portland, Maine. “You know it will sell,” they wrote, “because Dead paraphernalia always sells. We are talking good business sense here, plus it will be a real hoot for the fans.”  The flavor was […]