Quickie

A class was supposed to write a short story in as few words as possible for a college class and the instructions were that it had to discuss Religion, Sexuality and Mystery. The only one who received an A+ wrote the following: “Good God, I’m pregnant, I wonder who the father is.”

Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby, Back by Popular Demand (courtesy WaPO) • In fiery remarks last week in Washington, Bill Cosby took the black community to task for parental failures that he says have led to high dropout rates, crime and other social ills. After we published brief excerpts of his cultural critique — delivered at a gala […]

Bitter. Sweet.

bit•ter•sweet Pronunciation: ( —adj.bit”ur swEt’, bit’ur swEt”; —n.bit’ur-swEt”), [key] —adj. 1. both bitter and sweet to the taste: bittersweet chocolate. 2. both pleasant and painful or regretful: a bittersweet memory. Bitter It was our anniversary. We hired a sitter. Went to dinner. Had sex. It was like she wasn’t there, as if she was worried […]