Beyond classification Archives

"We're All We Have" [1] - I suggested it was time for the 9.5-year-old to make her list for Santa. She wiggled two fingers on each hand --- air quotes – and said, “

2005 Holiday Gift List [2] - 2005 Holiday Gift List It's so warm out in New York that the birds have been fool

2010: Hey, hey, goodbye [3] - With this edition, I kiss 2010 goodbye and, like the butler/chauffeur of “Sabrina,” head off to spend the holidays with my family in our m

2011: The Bad and the Beautiful [4] - “The first cure for illusion,” Philip Slater wrote, “is despair.” This was the year in which certain things beca

9/11: “Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.” [5] - It seems to be an unwritten law for writers with web sites and members of the Bloviating Class that something must be said about 9/11. I have thought

9/11: “Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.” [6] - It seems to be an unwritten law for writers with web sites and members of the Bloviating Class that something must be said about 9/11. I have thought

Academy Awards 2007 [7] - A few months ago, Hollywood decided I'm an Academy voter --- or that my opinion matters --- because I started getting DVDs of 2006 movies “f

Bob Wooldridge (1961-2006) [8] - Bob Wooldridge (1961-2006) Bob Wooldridge died last weekend, killed by a car as he skateboarded in fron

Bonjour Paris Special Subscription [9] - BonjourParis.com Readers of Head Butler are natural travelers, even if they never go anywhere --- for what is a book, a movie or mu

Books by Friends and Neighbors [10] - “Another book?” the child says, as the doorman hands her one of the thick, padded envelopes that arrives each day.

Books for Thirteens [11] - An obsessive reader turns 13 and stops reading. Cold. Is it the weekend blur of Bar Mitzvahs? The lure of video games and Second Life?

Butler's 500th [12] - Butler's 500th Careful what you wish for --- I asked for suggestions for the 500th review, and several hundred of you had at least one.

Charity: Adopt a Soldier [13] - Adopt A Soldier http://www.cornbreadshow.com/Soldier/adopt.htm Head Butler has steadfastly resisted discussing politics on these screens --- b

Charles Nolan (June 3, 1957 - January 30, 2011) [14] - I rolled off the plane, clicked the New York Times and there, on the main screen, was Charles Nolan --- dead. How could this be?

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels [15] - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Butler loathes musicals.

Doubt, John Patrick Shanley [16] - Doubt by John Patrick Shanley When Butler was still in his prime and fame was but a breath away, he attended a dinner party given

Father's Day 2007 [17] - Father's Day 2007 My grandmother belie

Father's Day 2005 [18] - There isn't a tie you could stand to buy Dad this year. Seriously. Have you seen what they're calling neckwear this season?

Father's Day 2008 [19] - I have the usual grievances about a “day” for me: Am I retiring? Dying? Will there be a postage stamp?

Father's Day 2010: Words & Music [20] - Whatever objections I once had to Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are gone. Life seems harder now. Parents seem smarter, maybe even wiser.

Links:
[1] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/were-all-we-have
[2] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/2005-holiday-gift-list
[3] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/2010-hey-hey-goodbye
[4] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/2011-bad-and-beautiful
[5] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/911-“whereof-one-cannot-speak-thereof-one-must-be-silent”
[6] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/911-“whereof-one-cannot-speak-thereof-one-must-be-silent”-0
[7] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/academy-awards-2007
[8] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/bob-wooldridge-1961-2006
[9] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/bonjour-paris-special-subscription
[10] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/books-friends-and-neighbors
[11] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification
[12] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/butlers-500th
[13] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/charity-adopt-soldier
[14] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/charles-nolan-june-3-1957-january-30-2011
[15] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/dirty-rotten-scoundrels
[16] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/doubt
[17] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/fathers-day-2007
[18] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/fathers-day-2005
[19] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/fathers-day-2008
[20] http://www.headbutler.com/products/beyond-classification/fathers-day-2010-words-music
[21] http://www.headbutler.com/archives/products/beyond-classification?page=1
[22] http://www.headbutler.com/archives/products/beyond-classification?page=2
[23] http://www.headbutler.com/archives/products/beyond-classification?page=3
[24] http://www.headbutler.com/archives/products/beyond-classification?page=4