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The Fugees - Maybe it was the anticipation of the Colts-Patriots playoff game. Maybe it was that no song lyric was on permanent repeat in my head. Whatever the
The Head Butler 2012 Holiday Gift Guide - With winter upon us, the child’s school had a coat drive. We had none to give. Then a package arrived. Coats. My wife had bought them online, on sale, so
The Head Butler Furniture (& Curtain) Sale - THE AMAZON LINK — SOLVED: There are now two ways to get to Amazon and create commission for my child’s education. One is old: Click on any TO BUY FROM
The Head Butler Guide to Great Coffee - There is often a disconnect between people in distant lands who make a product and the much wealthier people in societies like ours who use the product. Coffee is an
The Joys of Late Summer, 2009 - Was there a summer this year? Oh, I saw the commercials for Bud Light Lime, the three most terrifying words of the season. (Second prize: Obama’s birth certificate.) But it rained
The N95 Mask: This upgrade from the cloth mask you’re using is 20 months overdue. - You’re vaccinated. You wear a mask when you’re in a closed space with people who may not be vaccinated or masked. Your kids wear masks at school. What can you do
The New Yorker: 2011 Desk Diary - A chill wind blew through New York, and suddenly I realized the summer really was over. Time to move the sweaters from the top shelf of the closet to the dresser. Time
The Pottery of Frances Palmer -
The Pottery of Frances Palmer - As someone who flunked shop and almost had to repeat the ninth grade, I have extravagant respect for anyone who can make things. Real things. In the physical world. I’m
The Pottery of Frances Palmer - As someone who flunked shop and almost had to repeat the ninth grade, I have extravagant respect for anyone who can make things. Real things. In the physical world. I’m not
The Second Wave: A survival guide - NEWS: ICU bed capacity plunged to 0% in Southern California last month, as more and more people were admitted to hospital seeking treatment for Covid-19. Now, many medical facilities simply
The SlideBelt - Boy, do I wish I’d invented the SlideBelt. I’m one of those guys who has worn the same clothes for decades. I replace khakis and button-down shirts every few years, buying
The State of My Union: “I was so much older then/ I’m younger than that now.” - The President is delivering his State of the Union report. I’m not watching. It did occur to me that this would be a good time to present the state of my union.
The State of the Union (The 2012 Head Butler Annual Report) - Did the holiday zoom by for you too? I remember the child standing on the hood of the car and guiding the tree through the sunroof, and then it was New
The very best laptop stand - You are at home. You have been at home for some time. You are going to be home for who knows how much longer. I work many hours a day. No
The Weekend Butler: $25,000 shoes (they’ll soon be worth more), spinach that can send email, a funny video, and a 272 page novel just right for a weekend afternoon. - BEST BUY So this costs $25,000. Seems like a lot? Click the link and read about it. It’s going to be worth a lot more. BEST VIDEO Maybe it helps
The Weekend Butler: An image 55 million light years away, Jeffrey Epstein and alligators, blind gun owners in Iowa, and a novel scarier than ‘Silence of the Lambs’ - THE IMAGE: TAKE A LOOK AT SOMETHING 55 MILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY A new phrase for me: event horizon. It's a brain-splitting concept: In astrophysics, it's the point of no
The Weekend Butler: The Italian “Gone with the Wind,” stuff I just learned, and a classic TV hit that would be a hit today - DID SHE READ YOUR MIND? Corinne Putili, on Sherry Turkle, in The New Yorker This year has offered a stark and painful lesson about social deprivation. After a year away from people
The Weighted Blanket - Another winter of our discontent is coming on. By now we know the stages. Start with the Anxiety Plague. Add ice. Take nightly. Feel worse. There are some cures. Or
