Minimalist in a maximal world

Minimalist in a maximal world

April 05, 20157 mins

[Editor’s Note: I’ve been meaning to write this post for sometime. This needs mention because this post has the rare distinction of having only a 2 week gestation period (the median post is more like…

In which the very same Ephraim Trout waxes eloquent on marriage

In which the very same Ephraim Trout waxes eloquent on marriage

January 10, 20122 mins

Ephraim Trout is a highly competent lawyer and one of the founding members of Bachelors Anonymous – a Los Angeles-based circle of luminaries whose charter is to ensure that men remain bachelors…

In which Ephraim Trout argues against marriage…

In which Ephraim Trout argues against marriage…

January 08, 20123 mins

If you’ve been fortunate enough to have discovered Wodehouse early in your life, this extract from one of his classics, Bachelors Anonymous, might remind you that there’s no such thing as ‘too much…

That one perfect drive!

That one perfect drive!

August 22, 20115 mins

Following is an excerpt from PG Wodehouse’s A Mixed Threesome – one of many beautiful golf stories from The Golf Omnibus. The scene being described is that of the story’s protagonist (Mortimer Sturgis…

Service with a Smile

Service with a Smile

June 29, 20082 mins

Pic: courtesy nirmaltv.com Chauffeurs. Parlourmaids. Cooks. Nannies. Gardeners. These professions were largely in vogue in the eighteenth and nineteenth century England steeped in nobility and…

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