by Charles Norman | May 20, 2019 | Song of the Day
Excerpts from Pnin, chapter four, by Vladimir Nabokov It rained all the way. It was raining when he arrived at the Waindell terminal… Pnin suggested leaving the luggage and walking one block – if Victor was not afraid of the rain (it was pouring hard, and...
by Charles Norman | May 17, 2019 | Off the Wall
The blood and lifeline of a car trip, it is handed around the car so that all the homies can partake in playing their sweet jams until some shitter plays Nickleback then the aux cord is immediately yanked and not to be returned to said homie. — Urban Dictionary,...
by Charles Norman | May 16, 2019 | Song of the Day
If you’re three weeks into a relationship and haven’t been ghosted, you’re probably good for at least another month. Three weeks is long enough for your current interest to make a thorough background check on you, including the requisite stalking on...
by Charles Norman | May 14, 2019 | Song of the Day
Sometimes he awoke in the morning and felt nothing; his soul leaped, for he thought he was free; he loved no longer; but in a little while, as he grew wide awake, the pain settled in his heart, and he knew that he was not cured yet. — W. Somerset Maugham, Of...
by Charles Norman | May 11, 2019 | Off the Wall
Facebook makes me nervous. I used Facebook for a while, and then I stopped using it. And when I started using it again, they had made a few updates. And, since then, I’ve always had the feeling that I’m doing something wrong. I have these two Facebook...
