Yeah, I played center field.

Yeah, I played center field.

Children start off reading in books about lions and giraffes and so on, but they also-if they're lucky enough and read more

Children start off reading in books about lions and giraffes and so on, but they also-if they're lucky enough and have reasonable privileges of any human being-are able to go into a garden and turn over stone and see a worm and see a slug and see an ant.

Long ago, I made up my mind that when things were said involving only me, I would pay no attention read more

Long ago, I made up my mind that when things were said involving only me, I would pay no attention to them, except when valid criticism was carried by which I could profit.

When he ran from a cop his transitions from accelerating walk to easy jog trot to brisk canter to headlong read more

When he ran from a cop his transitions from accelerating walk to easy jog trot to brisk canter to headlong gallop to flogged-piston sprint were as distinct and as soberly in order as an automatic gearshift.

Alias is, perhaps typically, a puzzle this year, ... The Vaughn storyline is not what it seems, but that's all read more

Alias is, perhaps typically, a puzzle this year, ... The Vaughn storyline is not what it seems, but that's all I can say, or the writers will kill me. They know where I live.

I loved living and breathing theatre so much that I decided I had to find a way to bring my read more

I loved living and breathing theatre so much that I decided I had to find a way to bring my desire to act and my ability to support myself together. I'd run through the possibilities in Washington, so that meant moving to New York

Spiders are relatively high in protein, but they tickle.

Spiders are relatively high in protein, but they tickle.

The president's $1.6 trillion plan should be a floor, not a ceiling.

The president's $1.6 trillion plan should be a floor, not a ceiling.

Never swap horses crossing a stream.

Never swap horses crossing a stream.