The Four Musketeers

My public library ordered an “Inigo Montoya” book. Before anyone gets too excited, I don’t mean the novel of the The Princess Bride, which I do recommend, nor a book about Mandy Patinkin. I’m referring to “I do not think that means what you think it means.” As I was scrolling through my public library’s […]

When Should We Compromise?

It occurred to me that in my blog post yesterday, I wrote, “We can’t simply compromise,” not “We simply can’t compromise.” The exchange of two words, yet a very clear distinction. Most of my life, I registered as an independent for the purpose of voting. Indeed, I did so until the 2016 elections, because by […]

Compromise

I met a guy yesterday. Not for me, not romantically. No, this was a lunch meeting with my best friend and her boyfriend. They live out-of-town, so though the two of them started dating in December (four months ago), this is the first time I was able to meet him. They met on OKCupid, and […]