An observer observed observing
A sentence from Swann’s Way.
Orange Crate Art
Christmas 1920
A treat for the horses.
Cover for the turn of the year
A New Yorker cover by Harry Bliss.
Alvin will return
A venerable name in supplies.
Mystery actor
There’s a farm in her future.
“Pestilential and longed-for”
A sentence from Swann’s Way.
Dokchok
A traditional Thai dessert.
“You can take me home”
A sentence from Swann’s Way.
An unexpected question
“Are you [unintelligible]?”
For D.W. Read fans only
At 4:30 p.m.: Arthur. At 5:00 p.m: DW News.
Twelve movies
Up the Down Staircase and others.
Oops
A sentence from Swann’s Way.
Roku extender
If your Roku device heats up, you can get an extender, free, from the company.
Blackout
A sentence from Swann’s Way.
A Backblaze offer
A referral code.
Make your own pencils
From Bridge City Tool Works: Pencil Precision, everything you need to make your own pencils (twenty-five of them). $699!
Losing his mind
Peter Wehner: “Given Trump’s psychological profile, it was inevitable that when he felt the walls of reality close in on him — in 2020, it was the pandemic, the cratering economy, and his election defeat — he would detach himself even further from reality.”
“Under a Rembrandt-style hat”
A sentence from Swann’s Way.
Mooch Brown, Earl van Pelt
Mutts channels Peanuts.
Recently updated
The words of the year add another “lockdown.”
Today’s Saturday Stumper
“Pens that don’t write.”
The little phrase on the move
A sentence from Swann’s Way.
“Encased or lost”
A sentence from Swann’s Way.
Nancy synchronicity
Yesterday’s Nancy is today’s Nancy.
Idiom of the day: hurrah’s nest
“This is a hurrah’s nest, and the sooner it’s dumped on the district attorney’s desk, the better I like it.”
Recently updated
Unprecedented, another word of the year.
Mystery actor
He’d be more recognizable if you could hear him talking.
A flying desk
A sentence from Swann’s Way.
Of Harrises and Kings
Naked City characters modeled on Alexander and Margie King.
“Kids on the Case”
From the podcast Criminal, a great episode: “Kids on the Case,” true stories of children solving crimes, helping to solve crimes, and finding a missing person.