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MAINTAINING THE MATERIAL BALANCE OF THE EARTH. Mary Jane remembers hearing a conversation some years ago between two college students in a ladies room at Queens college. The first student said that she was worried that with all the launchings … Continue reading →

DEATH OF A BUMBLEBEE. This happened when Annalisa was about 8 years old. I put it at 8 because I was astonished by what she learned from somewhere in the culture. Annalisa and I were standing on our blacktop driveway … Continue reading →

ITALIAN LEPRECHAUNS. On Saint Patrick’s Day, during an exchange about leprechauns, Mary Jane sent the following to a friend: “In Southern Italian lore, there is a creature similar to a leprechaun. I don’t know how to spell it, but it’s … Continue reading →

IS IT DEMOGRAPHICS AND NOT REGIONAL CULTURE? In the post from 2008 that I linked to yesterday, I expressed some misgivings about the predictive value of my theory that regional cultural differences have an important effect on voters. On March … Continue reading →

CLARK GABLE AND THE 50TH BIRTHDAY. Adela Rogers St. Johns told me that she was on a television talk show once which was interrupted when Clark Gable telephoned in. He told the host to ask her about her 50th birthday. … Continue reading →

ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS ON MISTRESSES. Adela Rogers St. Johns had a theory, based on her reading, that all the great mistresses were great clowns. She said that she had Marion Davies in mind as the best example of the … Continue reading →

ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS ON DEFENDANTS IN CAPITAL CASES. Earl Rogers only lost 3 out of the 77 murder cases he tried. His daughter said that every one of people that Rogers defended in capital cases was broken by the … Continue reading →

SH*T MY DAD SAYS AND THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE. The content is different, and the technology (Twitter) is different, but there are similarities between SH*T MY DAD SAYS, which preserves what a father says, and this blog. As … Continue reading →