This is an odd installment of “Other People’s Words,” because even though the words are good, they’re not the primary thing I want to draw your attention to. What I want to have a look at this charming site, called “THEBLOG WEEMADE.” As the name suggests, it features drawings by young children. And the reason, […]

Warning: This quesadilla may not have been microwaved—Photo by Borderline Amazing There would seem to be two obvious ways of looking at the microwaved quesadilla: “sounds good” and “sounds gross.” When I was younger—around about 12—I was firmly in the “sounds good” camp. Recently, I was pretty firmly in the “sounds gross” camp. And then […]

Foreign films have a reputation for being boring. So, a random line from this one: Mickey Mouse is a fascist! I said don’t read it! If that’s doesn’t make you sit up and pay attention, nothing will. The line also succinctly explains the chief struggle in Blame it on Fidel (La Faute à Fidel). Young […]

There are few writings that so purely distill a twentieth-century American summer as Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine. And though I considered finding a better except for a warm summer day, I settled for the poem that Bradbury offered in writing the introduction to the new edition in 1974. The poem, entitled “Byzantium I Come Not […]

Glendon, of The Flying Trilobite, was kind enough to invite me to play a little game of tag. Believing that we should play as many games as possible, I’m going to play. But I’ll follow the rules only by half. I am too lazy to ever follow rules exactly. So, here are the rules, as […]