by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 5, 2013 | Asides
Roger Ebert, who died yesterday at age 70 from cancer, tried many times to win the New Yorker’s cartoon caption contest. Today, the New Yorker offered up a selection of entries that Ebert did not win with. The last entry in this series made me laugh so hard I...
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 2, 2013 | Asides
We also have subsidized day care and an on-site health clinic that’s free to employees and their family members. I think it’s important to show our employees that we care about their well-being. Great article about one of my favorite beer companies. Pretty amazing,...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 29, 2013 | Asides
Typically I’d be saying this about baseball, because who doesn’t love October baseball? But I was more than pleased to learn today that Donna Tartt has a new book coming out. Can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait!
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 28, 2013 | Asides
There is a beautiful collection of memo book covers over at the Field Notes Brand site. Truly stunning and highly recommended viewing.
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 19, 2013 | Asides, Featured
Eloquent, thoughtful, and beautifully written, which is why you should read it and then send it off to a friend. The thought of talking about what goes on in my head in anything but the most general terms in the public square takes me way out of my comfort zone....
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 10, 2013 | Asides, Featured
There is so much in this story that is so very good. I wish I’d paid more attention to Ephron when she was alive, but, as is often the case, I tend to make my best literary discoveries after, sometimes well after, a really great writer has passed. Ephron appears...
