This-here vintage ad for a marriage manual, a classic of enlightenment and orgasmic edification, is going to require a little translatio...

After yesterday's extremely depressing fiction, which I only left up because I am sure nobody will want to read it, let's once a...

  Human puppet : someone who is easily jerked around by others. Someone who realizes her position in life is always so, so fragil...

Oscar Levant in 12 takes. . . (or: variations on a theme)     "Who turned out the lights?"         Furi...

So here is the only clip I could find that would play: the Concerto in F one wouldn't work. This is more of a flashy showpiece, but m...

Since my enthusiasm so often runs ahead of my knowledge, I'm writing this in advance of knowing anything about my subject. Or not mu...