Monthly Archives: February 2010

Bird Doo

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Roger Walck

The old Mazda pickup I drive has a white drop of bird doo on the inside window sill of the driver’s side.  It must have landed there while the door was momentarily open as I was getting in or out.  … Continue reading →

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Hitler at Home

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Roger Walck

The publishers of the New Yorker’s complete series on DVDs realized most readers would be overwhelmed by the shear volume of it all, so they included a book with the first page of their more interesting articles.  As a starting … Continue reading →

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Time Goes By

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Roger Walck

I was sitting in the community center sauna talking with a woman my age about Tiananmen Square, which we both have seen.  A young guy listening to us asked us What is Tiananmen Square?  We explained that was where the … Continue reading →

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Heartbreakers

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Roger Walck

A recent medical article in the WSJ described how hearts can actually break.  An extreme emotional event that releases high amounts of adrenaline can cause the left ventricle to change shape and result in a heart attack.  This, according to … Continue reading →

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The Catcher in the Rye and Franny & Zooey

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Roger Walck

The Catcher in the Rye is a strange title, but Salinger explains it in the book.  Holden Caulfield tells his younger sister, Phoebe, that he often imagines himself stepping from fields of rye to heroically catch small children before they … Continue reading →

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The Catcher in the Rye

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Roger Walck

The previous posting may have left the impression that author J. D. Salinger was a humorous writer of childhood adventures in the style of Jean Shepherd.  Far from it.  Holden Caulfield is no Ralphie wanting a BB gun for Christmas. … Continue reading →

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J. D. Salinger

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Roger Walck

A newspaper article on the recent death of J. D. Salinger mentioned he wrote for the New Yorker beginning in the 1940s.  Since I have all of the back issues on DVDs, I looked him up on the index and … Continue reading →

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