Yesterday morning I found myself in a basement singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” The occasion wasn’t my usual solitary bizarrerie, but rather a children’s concert at a local library. Twins 1 & 2 knew the song, which surprised me – apparently they learned it at preschool – and the latter was merrily belting …
Tag Archives: Incomprehension
T Time
With the opening of Africa’s first fully electrified cross-border railway, getting from Ethiopia’s capital to the Gulf of Aden just got a lot easier. It also means Djibouti now has a more modern rail system than Boston. Those Red Line cars you saw in The Friends of Eddie Coyle? They’re still running, sometimes. Check …
Clear Cut
It is not so easy to run again when you have been ejected from office by a clear majority of voters (he lost to Mr. Hollande by more than three percentage points). It’s statements like the above that make me think I don’t understand democracy, or math. I mean, yes, I can calculate that …