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Sunday Quiz: Where did the cops come from?
The word cops has this derivation: (1) It is an acronym for the Committee on Public Safety in France during the French Revolution.(2) It refers to the copper badges worn by the first New…
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Samuel Beckett weighs in
And yet it is useless not to seek, not to want, for when you cease to seek you start to find, and when you cease to want, then life begins to ram her fish…
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Maugham of the Day
From The Razor's Edge (1944): "Have you never thought of divorcing Gray?""I've got no reason for divorcing him.""That doesn't prevent your countrywomen from divorcing their husbands when they have a mind to."She laughed.'Why d'you…
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A tip of the fedora to . . .Maxine Sullivan
A tip of the fedora to Maxine Sullivan (1911-1987), the wonderful jazz singer, on the 100th anniversarty of her birth on Friday, May 13. . . .and to tireless Phil Schaap of WKCR-FM, a…
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Molly’s coming! [by Molly Arden]
House Guest The sad seamstress who stays with us this month is small and thin and bitter. No one can cheer her up. Giver her a dress, a drink, roast chicken, or fried fish…
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Save the Date and Spread the Word! Thursday, June 16, 6:30 PM.
The Inspired Word presents the first of what will be a regular SPECIAL EVENT of its weekly Thursday night series: Big Apple BAP: NYC's Best American Poetry Poets. Thursday, June 16One and One Bar…
