Richard's Pretension

Science fiction always has been literary snack food for me. The very first novel I ever read (other than kid-lit) was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...

There aren’t many movies that I choose to watch based on an actor rather than the director or a plot description, but Aubrey Plaza movies ar...

Earlier today I entered the pantry off the kitchen, paused a moment, and then had to admit I had no idea why I was there. I had wanted somet...

The purpose of most clickbait on social media sites is to expose the clicker to additional ads. We all know this, but we sometimes take the ...

All dates since January 1, 2000 have seemed unreal to me. I was born near the middle of the last century (1952) and, although intellectually...

Many of the superficial seasonal traditions – notably Christmas trees – were introduced into the United States by German immigrants in the 1...

“The pandemic is over,” so we’ve heard. Yet, three years after the first cases appeared in North America covid continues to stalk us. Some j...