The first time I heard the phrase “conversational currency” I was suitably located at the bar in the Harvard Club of New York City.  A good friend and I were catching up and enjoying each other’s stories. It was what I call “life talk,” sweeping conversation in which you get at [...]

Sometimes a turn of phrase knocks one over. Some clever piece of lingual reportage, it seeps in and starts making its way into one’s conversations, spreading itself. I’m a frequent carrier.
And on a recent trip through the link labyrinth, heading from pithy aphorisms at Prettier Than Napoleon to superficial indulgence [...]