On 7 things from last week (11/6/23)

Halloween. My toddler had a cold but delightful time trundling around in his cardboard plane. He was a little confused why we couldn’t “go to neighbors’ houses!” anytime we want. Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman! (Richard Feynman). I’m not sure what I expected, picking up the memoir by a Nobel Prize-winning physicist—but it was not … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (11/6/23) →

On my tendency to overcomplicate things

I’ll blame Robert Frost. No—it’s not his fault, really. Better to blame the poster. Remember that one? The autumnal background with “The Road Less Traveled” emblazoned across it? That call-to-arms for fighting against the mainstream impulse? Not that the poem actually is that, of course. Frost is far too wry for the poem to be … Continue reading On my tendency to overcomplicate things →