Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Sunday, 6/19/11: "A Welcome Silence"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/opinion/20mon4.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211

Verlyn Klinkenborg likes to wear orange plastic earmuffs. Sometimes Verlyn Klinkenborg forgets to take off his orange plastic earmuffs. Verlyn Klinkenborg might be wearing his orange plastic earmuffs right now!

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Sunday, 5/22/11: "Tomorrow to Pastures New"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/22/opinion/22sun3.html?ref=opinion

Verlyn Klinkenborg moved his horses from his pasture to the pasture next door, and he wonders how they feel about that.

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.