Novia’s name.

The other night I saw a Mercedes minivan with the license plate NOVIA.  I wondered what NOVIO was driving.  Or if NOVIA was a family name.  Or if someone had a novia named Mercedes.
Hey:  Another one - ROOT KNL.  On another Mercedes, this one a very low, small sports coupe.  I haven’t had a root [...]

In praise of proper punctuation?

Almost every day I pass a church with colorful banner near a stoplight at a major intersection.  It says
something like, "Don’t put a period where God puts a comma."  Google suggests that it’s a popular phrase used in sermons and religious articles,
and reveals some other pithy sayings about God’s grammar.

"Don’t put a question mark where [...]

Katamari characters = cute [via]

Say sorry, she said [via]

Movies missed by me.

I’m kind of sorry that I missed this screening on Friday night (I thought it was tonight), but at least I can still go see it as a matinee at a local theater. 
Clearly, there’s a lot more to ballroom dancing than simply getting the
footwork right (and these young, nimble minds seem to master that [...]

Dudes, definitely do the Dudley.

Last week I went to the Dudley Cinema film series in Venice.  It has free screenings of interesting films projected onto a white wall of the Sponto Gallery on Dudley Avenue, off of the boardwalk.  I’d guess maximum capacity is 25 people or a few less.   
Because I got there late, I noticed that [...]

Deported to Dhaka.

Questions, Bitterness and Exile for Queens Girl in Terror CaseYou may have heard about "the first terror investigation in the United States known to involve minors."  To say that the Queens girl (Tashnuba) feels bitterness about what happened is understatement.  There’s a current of righteous anger coming from her that you can feel throughout her [...]

"People power" priest passes

Durbin’s dirge

Baby blonde Alba