The Old New Thing

October 2009 - Page 4 of 4 - The Old New Thing

The mystery of the other girlfriend

October 2, 2009 Oct 2, 2009 10/2/09
Raymond Chen
Many of my married friends have "other girlfriends", or at least that's how their wives tease them. I don't know for certain, but if you ask my wife, she'll probably say that my "other girlfriend" is this Web site...

A Few Seconds of Panic: Life as an NFL kicker

October 1, 2009 Oct 1, 2009 10/1/09
Raymond Chen
Although I don't follow him regularly when he appears on All Things Considered and didn't when he wrote for The Wall Street Journal, I'm a quiet fan of Stefan Fatsis's books because he writes about joining a world most of us don't get to see. I previously wrote about his excursion into the world of competitive Scrabble. Today, it's his book ...