The BOTTOM of the HARBOR

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:57:41 -0400

Farewell Navigator

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:16:09 -0400

Farewell Navigator

An item about Poets House and some famous guy

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:46:59 -0400

An item about Poets House and some famous guy

I Write a Gossip Item!

Thu, 29 May 2008 15:59:50 -0400

I Write a Gossip Item!

Video

Mon, 12 May 2008 10:53:54 -0400

Video

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:19:00 -0400

Martha Wainwright sings Leonard Cohen’s stupendously...

Mon, 05 May 2008 13:59:00 -0400

Martha Wainwright sings Leonard Cohen’s stupendously beautiful song “The Traitor,” stupendously beautifully—money back if you don’t get chills.

The judges said, You missed it by a fraction

Rise up and brace your troops for the attack

The dreamers ride against the men of action

Ah, see the men of action falling back

From the BBC online: a watermelon vendor in Allahabad, India,...

Thu, 01 May 2008 11:30:23 -0400

From the BBC online: a watermelon vendor in Allahabad, India, takes a nap.

I review a perfect book!

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:56:39 -0400

I review a perfect book!

Blow Her Away With This!

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:49:02 -0400

Blow Her Away With This!

“Do you have one that’s not so risqué?”

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:37:33 -0400

“Do you have one that’s not so risqué?”

Schwartzberg Blogs Again!

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:10:56 -0400

Schwartzberg Blogs Again!

I Write About Pigs' Feet

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:20:47 -0400

I Write About Pigs' Feet

Tales of Rabbi Shmelke of Gowanus

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:44:00 -0400

When Rabbi Shmelke was a little boy, a local peasant gave him a toy soldier that he became very attached to. But Shmelke’s grandfather, Rabbi Itchy of Borough Park, did not think this was an appropriate toy and took it away from him. When Shmelke missed it, Rabbi Itchy told him that the soldier had died.

After this, Shmelke would often ask Rabbi Itchy whether his toy soldier would be waiting for him in heaven when he died. Itchy would only say, “Time will tell.” This question and answer was exchanged between them again and again over the years, even when Shmelke had grown up and become Rabbi of Gowanus.

When Rabbi Itchy died, Shmelke said kaddish for him for a year, as if for his own father; but at the end of the year, he went to Itchy’s grave and yelled down into the earth, “Have you found my G.I. Joe yet, you son of a bitch?”

The hasidim were very moved.

MLK, Jr.'s 1967 Speech on Vietnam

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:00:32 -0400

MLK, Jr.'s 1967 Speech on Vietnam

“Let Me Die in my Footsteps,” sung by Happy Traum,...

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:44:44 -0400

“Let Me Die in my Footsteps,” sung by Happy Traum, from the Broadside Box Set. Sound advice for everyone!

Video

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:36:42 -0400

This week's Observer haiku

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:09:07 -0400

DELICATE HAIKU

DO NOT THRIVE UNDER DEADLINE:

NO HAIKU THIS WEEK

Buñuelos in the Observer

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:28:24 -0400

Buñuelos in the Observer

SWINE!

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:30:00 -0400

SWINE!: Oh, those dirty bastards.