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I don’t remember when the last time I was up the Empire State Building was. Surely it was a long time ago, elementary school or something similar. Last … Continue reading »

I had originally flown back home on September 25, expecting to stay until the following Thursday. The apartment closing was scheduled for Tuesday, and I had thought of spending … Continue reading »

Since I’m in Cleveland now and am not spending much time on the subway, I decided to try out the NY Times electronic edition, basically to be read on the … Continue reading »

To reiterate: we are near the beginning of a decades-long conflict that must end with the entrenchment of liberalism and liberal ideas in the Islamic parts of the world. … Continue reading »

While half the city has apparently fled the circus around the convention or is joining in the protests, I took a long walk up Broadway in a sort of farewell … Continue reading »

This past Tuesday’s New York Times has an essay on the educational benefits of stereomicroscopes. These instruments are typically used for dissection, and don’t require advanced preparation of slides. … Continue reading »

I flew into Cleveland on June 30th, taking an early train from Penn Station to Newark to catch a Northwest flight to Detroit and then to Cleveland. The AirTrain … Continue reading »

We moved to Cleveland at the beginning of June. Actually, that’s an exaggeration: Grace and almost all the furniture have moved to Cleveland, and I came back to New … Continue reading »

Boing Boing has a pointer to a profile of Ricky Jay in the June issue of Smithsonian magazine. I first heard substantially about Ricky Jay in a New Yorker profile of … Continue reading »

It’ll be “that’s Doctor Gracie to you!” from now on. Graduation exercises for SUNY Downstate were held this past Monday at Carnegie Hall. The walk across the stage … Continue reading »