"You have made my 'deck of weasels' but you're somewhere around a five or a six," wrote the fun-loving fippress. ...more

July 20, 2008

"I admit I'm a stickler for grammar," my friend the English professor told me in the club lounge, "but to me, 'A Christmas Carol' lacked the Ghost of Christmas Present Perfect." ...more

December 17, 2007

Cy the Cynic says that when the forecast is a 50 percent chance of rain, it means the weatherman has no idea. It's a bad idea to rely on a finesse - a 50 percent chance - when you have no idea whether it will work. ...more

November 28, 2007

The most successful U.S. team of the past 15 years is one of two U.S. entries in the 2007 World Championship going on in Shanghai. Nick Nickell's sextet (Nickell-Freeman, Hamman-Soloway, Meckstroth-Rodwell) won a trials and is competing alongside a team led by George Jacobs. ...more

October 7, 2007