Sunday, March 13, 2011

Sunday, 3/13/11: "Marvel and Persistence"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/opinion/13sun3.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

Verlyn Klinkenborg can't believe his chore coat is always hanging on the same hook every day. He wishes he himself were so "perdurable."

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Saturday, 2/19/11: "The Virtual Attic"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/opinion/19sat2.html?ref=verlynklinkenborg

Verlyn Klinkenborg got a new computer and longs for "a stack of 5.25-inch disks and 3.5-inch disks and zip disks and CDs" to remember his old computers by.

Saturday, 2/12/11: "The Mob at the Feeders"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/opinion/13sun4.html?ref=verlynklinkenborg

Verlyn Klinkenborg hates, hates, hates starlings. He "look[s] for a reason to admire them...but it's no use." Seriously, fuck starlings.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Sunday, 1/2/11: "Looking Back"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/opinion/02sun4.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

During a seasonal visit from the farrier, Verlyn Klinkenborg thinks about 1936.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Sunday, 12/12/10: "Lost and Found"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/opinion/12sun3.html?ref=verlyn_klinkenborg

Verlyn Klinkenborg hates losing things on his farm, but luckily his self-draining hydrant is working fine as of press time.

Monday, 11/29/10: "Night Vision"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/opinion/30tue4.html?ref=verlyn_klinkenborg

Verlyn Klinkenborg walks around his farm at night and concludes that it is hard for him to see in the dark because he is not nocturnal.