Word: delightfullness
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Yet he had. Rudenstine had asked me to read this essay of names. Today, I understand why. It has nothing to do with the names or the theories behind those names. It has everything to do with the concept of wrestling with truths and not rushing to definite conclusions or...
Errol Morris' delightful nonfiction film, Fast, Cheap & Out of Control, is a testimony to the rest of our lives. A one-line summary of the film: it's about four guys who love their jobs. Five if you count Morris, who has built a unique career on his quirky metadocumentaries...
The first thing any Shavian will probably tell you about Pygmalion is not to think of it as the non-musical version of My Fair Lady. That's the alias by which it's most commonly recognized, which is not at all to its discredit: few more delightful musicals have...
St. James' book is by far the best of the lot. Her earlier hymns to "simplicity" trademarked a special brand of neo-Puritan party poopery--don't shop for fun, move into a smaller house, throw out all credit cards but one--that nevertheless appealed to people whose lives seemed...
In any case, one should beware of answered prayers. Those with hard experience at being famous know that while celebrity can occasionally be delightful, it may become a burden, an arduous and menacing bore. Just how menacing it can be we saw in the middle of that recent night in...