Lesen Sie Deutsch?

Haben Sie Deutsch lesen? If Google Translator is to be trusted (and, like a broken clock, it’s right at least twice a day) I’ve just asked you if you read German. If so, I’ve got an announcement to make, and a favor to ask. It’s bothered me for...

Dept. of Last Chances…

Back in the day, there was an advertisement that appeared in no end of magazines, sometimes as a classified, sometimes as a small-space ad. It read like this: LAST CHANCE TO SEND YOUR DOLLAR TO PO BOX 314, EAST JESUS, KANSAS. That’s the extent of it. No Zip...