I Don't See The Future As Bright,

You Can, After All, Reduce The Reasons For Watching Tv To But Two: To Be Lulled, And To Be Stimulated. Some People Do One Sometimes, The Other Sometimes. Some People Do All Of One Or All Of The Other.

There Were Several Things A Yale Freshman Was Supposed To Be Able To Do. You Had To Demonstrate In The Olympic-size Yale Pool That You Could Swim 50 Yards Or Be Inducted Into Swimming Class.

The Sudden Death At 51 Of James Gandolfini Is Intolerable.

I Feel Sorry For The Poor Kids Whose Parents Feel They're Qualified To Teach Them At Home. Of Course, Some Parents Are Smarter Than Some Teachers, But In The Main I See Home-schooling As Misguided Foolishness.

Perhaps The Saddest Irony Of Depression Is That Suicide Happens When The Patient Gets A Little Better And Can Again Function Sufficiently.