Mudgies Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Dear, dear grumbly curmudgeon types. Love em. Ever notice that mudgies like being called on their style? It's almost as if they admire their own wryness and perversity, and like to be recognized for it. Should they be proud? Yeah. Well -- it all depends. There are curmudgeons and there are curmudgeons. I adore the charming Henry Higgins type curmudgeon; I don't like the always-bummed-out variety so well.

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Cellphone ringtone for kids in class Permanent link to this item in the archive.

NYT reports on a high pitched ringtone that teachers can't hear but kids can. My folks have a device to keep critters away from their garden that my son claims to be able to hear. Now I believe him.

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