Dead Armadillo Wrasslin’
Long, long ago in a land far, far away, I happened to be a biology major taking an ecology class. And our professor, Dr. D., […]
The Skunk Incident
During my senior year of college, a friend of mine took a mammalogy class. His professor offered the students extra credit if they would help […]
Travel Review: Hotel Corot
Hotel Corot is located in Rome, Italy at Via Marghera 15/17. It is conveniently located near the center of the city and is just a […]
On movie reviewers
I’ve been thinking about movie reviewers today. Specifically, I’m remembering the time that my husband and some friends of ours hit the dollar theater to […]
Working as a copy editor
To get a job as a copy editor, you must have a rock-solid sense of grammar, spelling and punctuation and a keen eye for errors […]
Travel Review: The Vatican
In my whirlwind visit to Rome, my friend Carol and I took a bus tour that went to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel in […]
Drunkards, deadbeats and bummers
“Drunkards, deadbeats and bummers” This was how Harvard president Charles W. Eliot described reporters as he rejected Joseph Pulitzer’s offer to endow a journalism school […]
Travel Review: Santa Maria Maggiore
The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (St. Mary Major) was the first church dedicated to The Virgin Mary and is one of Rome’s four great […]
Travel review: Sorrento
Sorrento is a small seaside city on the southwestern coast of Italy in the province of Campania. It has a population of about 15,000 people […]
Travel review: Hotel Il Nido
The Il Nido (Italian for “The Nest”) is a pretty little family-run hotel about 5 kilometers outside Sorrento, Italy. It was established in 1964. The […]
Travel review: The Isle of Capri
This Italian island’s name is pronounced CAP-ree, rather than ca-PREE. Capri was not named for goats (as one might guess from the name, since “capreae” […]
Generic books
Many of us remember the ultra-plainly-labeled, über-cheap generic foods sold in bulk at grocery stores a few decades back. Stuff like bulk beer, which came […]