Picking Other People's Brains Is An Art

Funeralese Has Had Its Ups And Downs. The Word 'morticians,' First Used In Embalmers Monthly For February, 1895, Was Barred By The Chicago Tribune In 1932, 'not For Lack Of Sympathy With The Ambition Of Undertakers To Be Well Regarded, But Because Of It. If They Haven't The Sense To Save Themselves From Their Own Lexicographers, We Shall Not Be Guilty Of Abetting Them In Their Folly.

When Is Conduct A Crime, And When Is A Crime Not A Crime? When "somebody Up There" - A Monarch, A Dictator, A Pope, A Legislator - So Decrees.

Growing Up In The English Countryside Seemed An Interminable Process. Freezing Winter Gave Way To Frosty Spring, Which In Turn Merged Into Chilly Summer-but Nothing Ever, Ever Happened.

In Childbirth, As In Other Human Endeavors, Fashions Start With The Rich, Are Then Adopted By The Aspirant Middle Class With An Assist From The Ever-watchful Media, And May Or May Not Eventually Filter Down To The Poor.

The Character And Mentality Of The Keepers May Be Of More Importance In Understanding Prisons Than The Character And Mentality Of The Kept.