I was surprised and saddened to learn from an article in Salon.com last week, and this article in the Los Angeles Times, that my publisher will soon be no more. As of, like, Thursday of this week. This has been confirmed by a few visits to the Publishers Group West and Perseus booths at the […]
Month: June 2007
1932: Good Manners in Public Places
I ride the Red Line on Washington’s Metrorail system every day to work. Usually it’s not so bad, but lately I seem to be seated right near folks who are just plain breaking the rules: drinking drinks, eating sandwiches, all that—not to mention the typical rude behaviors like cell phone gabbing, loud, tinny, earbuds. But […]
A Columnist After My Own Heart
Washington Post Magazine columnist Gene Weingarten wrote a piece this past weekend that readers of Miss Abigail would enjoy. As you may know, Bernarr MacFadden is a favorite of mine. Who knew he had something to do with inventing a penis extender? Thanks to Gene for digging up that little fact.
1934: Life Begins at Forty
Well, here I am, on the eve of my 40th birthday, contemplating things such as oh, the last 39.999 years of my life. I can’t believe my thirties are over. Seems like only yesterday that I was starting out young and fresh at the Library of Congress, 10 years ago last month. Time flies! To […]