Tuesday night, Spanish time. I was watching Real Madrid play PSG and becoming possessed by an uncontainable rage. I thought that there could be nothing in the universe worse than the way my team was playing in Paris. But, of…
It was a shock Tuesday to learn of P.J. O’Rourke’s passing. I didn’t even know he was ill. His leaving us is truly sad news. The world is a less funny place without him. Few have ever combined intelligent observations…
Life rushes by so fast now, and there’s just no time to keep up with the language. Every time I get mad at some teenager and spit out a couple of once effective swear words, I receive a big grin,…
There is a crowning moment, both happy and terrifying, in the life of an adult, and that is when a baby is placed in your hands and the nurse pronounces the key words of the Great voodoo witchery (GVW): “It’s…
In six years I have managed to age what others take 30 years to age. It has not been easy. In addition to my perseverance at putting on weight, I have mistreated my hair with tenacity in order to achieve…
Besides reading the New York Times to make myself ashamed for being a journalist, one of my more unusual passions is collecting etiquette manuals. If possible one, two, three, or even four centuries old. I’d love to have one from…
