Archive for July, 2009

Hair Is Architecture

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

81 year-old coiffure legend Vidal Sassoon--who helped define the"mod" look, and who created both Mia Farrow's pixie look for Rosemary's Baby and fashion designer Mary Quant's asymmetrical bob--tells public radio's Studio 360 this weekend about what inspired him: architecture. Raised ...

Elderism #59

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

"I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting." -Queen Victoria

I Shall Wear My Trousers Rolled

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

One of the observations I make in "How to Live" is that old age, like divorce, can be more difficult for men than for women because men tend to have fewer social networks than women do. Also, some older women ...

Older Folks Who Are Not Doing What You Think They’re Doing

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

-Philip Roth: The New Grace Jones? According to Galleycat, the journalist James Marcus has used a sample of Philip Roth shouting--taken from an interview Marcus did with the literary great--to create a dance remix called "The Jewish Shouting Mix 3" -Buzz ...

Ortgasbord

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I have a story in today's New York Times about leftovers--or, as we crossword puzzle-doers know them, orts. (The story is here.) And just minutes ago I was granted the opportunity to be on John Hockenberry's public radio show, "The ...