“So this is where my morning starts: the coffee brewed and poured, the yogurt dusted with granola and dotted with blueberries, the iPad tipped on its stand to the proper angle.”

Puzzling times, Demon v. David, Dungeons and Dragons, I Love Betsy, Jane Hirshfeld resolves.

“Back then, If you were serious about film and a new movie by David Lynch or Stanley Kubrick came out, you had already seen it…In a theater!

Top Ten lists through the years; The Sound of Music, Mrs. Dalloway, Balanchine’s Serenade, Philipp Plein’s Bling Empire.

”You should "support" the arts for the same reasons you eat ice cream, watch football, stumble through a wedding polka, hug your dog or sink into a whirlpool. Because it gives you pleasure.”

Is It Live?, Sean Mason, The American Buffalo, The Warmth of Other Suns, Wisława Szymborska.

“How do I love thee, let me show you the ways. Just take a look at this fMRI and notice how the Regional Homogeneity of the left dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) was significantly increased.”

The Numbers Game, Three Ways of Looking at Satchmo.

“But descend the stairs at 103rd Street-Corona Plaza and you slip into the clamor of city life. This isn’t Times Square’s free-for-all, with elbow-to-elbow gawking at four-story video fantasies (GoPro!, Budweiser!, Samsung!). This is real: grocery shoppers, street vendors, bus stops.”