Hockey is our national theater, our water cooler talk.

Hockey is our national theater, our water cooler talk.

It's three inches thick, so it's going to keep all the heat inside your water heater that otherwise would be read more

It's three inches thick, so it's going to keep all the heat inside your water heater that otherwise would be radiating out into your room.

It's timely and silences those who were betting Syria would not allow the interrogation of any Syrian,

It's timely and silences those who were betting Syria would not allow the interrogation of any Syrian,

I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards.

I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards.

He did something to me that traumatized my life, and I'm never going to forgive him for it.

He did something to me that traumatized my life, and I'm never going to forgive him for it.

Their [the waiters'] eyes sparkled and their pencils flew as she proceeded to eviscerate my wallet - pâté, Whitstable oysters, read more

Their [the waiters'] eyes sparkled and their pencils flew as she proceeded to eviscerate my wallet - pâté, Whitstable oysters, a sole, filet mignon, and a favorite salad of the Nizam of Hyderabad made of shredded five-pound notes. - The Rising Gorge, 1961.

We had a great, great run. They gave it everything they had.

We had a great, great run. They gave it everything they had.

It makes the Super Bowl even more important than it has ever been. The Super Bowl is the only thing read more

It makes the Super Bowl even more important than it has ever been. The Super Bowl is the only thing left that really reaches the mass audience.

By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the read more

By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.