03 Apr The Tweet, the Whole Tweet, and Nothing But the Tweet
Mornings find us surfing the news. Same ol'. A tweet a day keeps the real news at bay. I somehow think of Robert Benchley, time-worn member of the New York Algonquin group, along with Dorothy Parker and others. I once reveled in that brand of humor, so sly, redolent, and droll. Parker could wound with a feather and Benchley, well, Benchley never went over with my college students. Too effete, maybe just too silly? Still. I xeroxed copies of his "Decent into the Alimentary Canal," and "The Tooth, the...