Monthly Archives: May 2014

Who Are We?

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Roger Walck

My all-time favorite New Yorker cartoon is of a beagle standing among the clouds at the pearly gates of Doggie Heaven. He is looking up at a dog version of Saint Peter sitting at a desk. The beagle asks, “Is … Continue reading →

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Women and Their Purses

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Roger Walck

I am not going to explain the origin of this question, but why would a woman take her purse into a colonoscopy examination?   Does she expect a sale on lubricating cream?  Will they maybe run out of toilet paper?  Is … Continue reading →

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Individual Problems and Group Solutions

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Roger Walck

Not many years ago, the metal pop-top tabs from soda cans were everywhere. At any picnic area you could look down at your feet and see several, maybe hundreds, of these cluttering the ground. We were told to hold onto … Continue reading →

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Voice Memory

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Roger Walck

“A Voice From the Past” by Alec Wilkinson, The New Yorker, 5/19/2014 Many archived recordings of early speeches and music are deteriorating, not only those from recording studios, but those of chants and songs recorded in the field of aboriginal … Continue reading →

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Shaving Brushes

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Roger Walck

Some of my postings are “throwaways”—short comments not expected to occupy more than a moment of your time—or about shaving, which is often what I have done immediately before writing a new post (see posting of 11/15/2013, the most recent … Continue reading →

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Walking

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Roger Walck

“The Slow Death of Purposeless Walking” by Finlo Rohrer. BBC News Magazine 5/1/2014 “As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a … Continue reading →

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Don’t Forget To Be Awesome

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Roger Walck

“The Green Revolution” by Alexandra Alter, Wall Street Journal, 5/16/2014 Are you puzzled by the success of the Harry Potter series?  Me, too. Are you puzzled by the current craze for the Hunger Games?  Me, too. Don’t feel bad for … Continue reading →

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Bill Cosby is “83 and tired”

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Roger Walck

Dan Powell forwarded an email to me and 37 others quoting a passage written by Bill Cosby that begins “I am 83 and tired . . . ,” and then goes on to list the standard string of right-wing, conservative … Continue reading →

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Category Update

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Roger Walck

I recently updated the categories found on the bottom of each posting and at the bottom of the right column (keep scrolling down!). You probably never noticed them and I never used them myself. But there they were on every … Continue reading →

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Going Sockless: One of Life’s Puzzles

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Roger Walck

Every once in a while, a high-fashion/high-society slick magazine section appears with my Wall Street Journal, which is about as close to high-fashion/high-society as I will ever get. It is filled with ads showing the male models we are all … Continue reading →

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