Have you heard about Tim’s Vermeer? I have GOT to SEE that! It’s a Penn and Teller film–Yes, that Penn and Teller–about an inventor who set out to recreate a Vermeer painting, even though he, himself, is not a painter, using devices he believes Vermeer…

Last Sunday, I spent the night with our #4 Daughter, the amazing Sara Marian, and Zak, her amazing Significant Other. They took me with them to The Bard’s Town, where Zak treated us to a scrumptious dinner and equally scrumptious beers. But the point of…

I’m a naturally gullible person, a quality my grandma exploited to the height of her satisfaction and amusement. Amazingly, although I don’t take teasing well, her exploitation never made me feel bad. Maybe it was because her attitude was never, “You are so STUPID,” it…