* Periodically, I gaze at our home library to see what books remain shelved that I haven’t read. There are very few, otherwise it makes you feel like an imposter. In the media memoir section, I spotted “Events Leading Up To My Death” by Howard K. Smith, the American journalist whose career spanned radio reporting to network (ABC) anchoring to presidential debate (Kennedy-Nixon) moderating. It was published in 1996; he died, at 87, in 2002. Yes, I’ve read it. The title still takes me aback. It’s as memorable as it is poignantly prescient.
* If break-dancing can become an Olympic sport–as it will in Paris in 2024—then why not the “Bristol Stomp.” Yo.