Aging and Single, Self-Reproachful and Relieved

You know you’re in extremis as far as marriageability goes when you find yourself composing sonnets to the memories of women you met and knew — against your own wishes, exclusively — through social media: The first “Like” after each posting is mine; A blogger self-promotion makes or breaks. Far more than talent, moxie’s what [...]

The Sound of Sweet Idiocy

Kvetched Emily Dickinson: There’s a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes. Well, duh. Afternoon winter light is supposed to be depressing, reminiscent of death and — so to speak — all that sort of rot. It’s only when the sound of “The Sound of Music” can [...]

How Halloween Turned Me into A Godawful Misogynist

For the men’s movement, the proprietors of the Chateau Heartiste blog serve as a pack of John the Baptists, proclaiming that the Kingdom of Woman is at hand. Thanks to overly liberated, “hypergamous,” women and laws that may force men to pay child support for children they did not, in fact, sire, the mating game [...]