Center of Gravitas

A few weeks ago, Dr. Crazy had a post about collegiality in academic departments. She suggested some pretty basic notions about how one s...

Aging is usually something best done alone. Or maybe with a bottle of bourbon. Whatever the case, it’s hard to conceive that I will be 38...

Several years ago I briefly dated a man with young children. Anybody who knows me can well imagine why that relationship did not last more ...

Given my penchant for seventies television references, it might not surprise you that I am often a bit out of touch with contemporary popula...

I find it hard to believe that I just finished my fourth year in Midwestern Funky Town. That’s one year longer than I survived in Texas. Y...

Many of you have asked what I thought about the failed effort to bring Wonder Woman back to television. Well, some of you asked. Okay, on...