What I’ve Been Up To
July 9th, 2014Here is some recent stuff that has occupied my datebook and cerebellum. Apologies for the sloth-like way in which I update this site; as a closet exhibitionist, my usual m.o. seems to be to try to get your attention, but never to be caught trying to do so. Which typically translates to: do nothing. A winning strategy!
Here I am on the public radio show Q discussing whether or not the fistbump should replace the traditional handshake
, as certain academics and scientists (and President Obama?) advocate.
I spent a week on a working farm in Umbria, where I had a scarefying episode with pig transport.
In the column I write each month in the New York Times about manners, I’ve addressed how celebrities feud differently than they used to , and about how easy it is today unintentionally to come across as “cybercreepy.”
I joined Toastmasters to hone my public speaking skills.
I reviewed an anthology of Garrison Keillor’s work for the New York Times Book Review.