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  • The Three Senses

    Last night I ate dinner with a man who was born without the senses of taste and smell. Food, for him, is purely utilitarian, a texture on the tongue. He says he does not like mustard, but it is the only food he prefers not to eat. To my knowledge his other three sense do

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  • Reasons why: He’s tall and athletic. And very rawr.Brought a whole new level of smarmy, cocky charm to the roleMade the first five minutes of his film into a wet t-shirt contest as he jumped into the sea to save Diana Rigg (from herself)Wore a skirt! And was still hotWent by the alias “Hildy” while

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  • Today’s dilemma: can you wear a cardigan over a polo shirt? I gave it a shot. I’m still a prose writer. I mean, do you see any line breaks here? Except last night I wrote a poem, a “Shredded Document” poem. It ends You have no need for body,I am filled with you already. But

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  • Today I declare myself a prose writer. There. I said it. I’m not writing any more poems. Well, I might write poems, but they will be secret poems. I am distancing myself from line breaks as gingerly as the GOP might sidestep Mark Foley. I’m not trying to make a scene but I am clearly

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  • It is my belief that our use of the term “to vanish” is similar to that of “to cleave.” The latter simultaneously means “to separate” and “to join together,” a tense and oppositional engagement. The former, too, intuits that something disappears, yes, but also that it is equally so pervasive as to be everywhere, in

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  • Dylan Thomas! You scored 66 Demeanour, 63 Debauchery, 62 Traditionalism, and 65 Expression! Man! Do you love to party or what! If it’s not fun, you probably haven’t done it in a while. But that doesn’t mean you’re not serious about some things. You are a person with deep passions and a respect for beauty

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