Author Archives: Naomi

Don’t give me your “apò mēkhanês theós!”

Which means “the god from the machine,” better known and easier to pronounce in the ancient Latin, “deus ex machina,” i.e., the same thing. I mean, the same thing as apò mēkhanes theós. In any case. Greek dramatists came up … Continue reading

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As my brother was moseying around Fairway…

…specifically around the kosher cake department, he saw a seasonal sign Fairway had mounted on the display: Oy To the World!

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Crimes and punishments and the start of a thriller

From Harper’s Weekly Review: A woman in Germany was sentenced to life in prison for attempting to fake her own death by killing her doppelgänger, and two people in Spain were arrested for murder after police found an image on … Continue reading

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