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Karthik Bronstein

I’ll soon be reviewing books in this space

I’m pleased that a few Major Publishers (tm) have reached out and asked me to review some of their titles, recent and… let’s say, classic…

Sep 1, 2021

Sep 1, 2021

Finding a small yellow marble in the river.

This is not a story about the time I found a small yellow marble in the river. No — nothing so simple as that. It’s not a tale that dwells…

Jul 21, 2021

Jul 21, 2021

Deflation theory

Here’s a mystery: why do some people burp at the same time that they “break wind”? It would seem that one escape of gas would do the trick…

Jul 20, 2021

Jul 20, 2021

Marbles on the beach!

While looking for sand dollars at the beach this past weekend, I discovered for the first time an ocean-worn cats eye. It was fogged by…

Jun 29, 2021

Jun 29, 2021

Marble journey chronicles

I must apologize for my absence — I have been on another of my marble-seeking odysseys. Even in these pandemic times, my thirst for new…

Mar 30, 2021

Mar 30, 2021

Let me tell you…

Colorless green ideas are NOT sleeping furiously around here!

Mar 3, 2021

Mar 3, 2021

Winter-sad

Today I am thinking about that Old English word, wintercearig — “winter sadness,” or, as years and age were once counted in winters, “sad…

Feb 16, 2021

Feb 16, 2021

Tuesday

Keep your elliptical adverbial clauses away from my interrogative pronouns. My future’s so bright, I gotta employ squinting modifiers.

Feb 9, 2021

Feb 9, 2021

What the world needs now…

…is a celebrity marble racing television show! I simply can’t wait.

Feb 1, 2021

Feb 1, 2021

Smell police!

Sometimes the real mystery is… where is that terrible smell coming from?! I was at the grocery store on Saturday, waiting in line — six…

Feb 1, 2021

Smell police!

Feb 1, 2021

Karthik Bronstein

Karthik Bronstein

I am student of life and also a liver of it (life). My passions are the "three M's": marbles, mysteries, and modern philology! Also interested in marsupials.

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