I've been without a computer for the past fortnight or so, which has limited postings. But I'm back like a heart attack!

Just watched Dick Cavett interview Jonathan Miller from 1981. It is great on the subject of Shakespeare and stammering. However, most important is this line from Miller, which we all should use in situations in which someone tries to make a joke and fails, when someone attempts levity when only gravity will do, or as a causal aside at a ballgame, or at a barbecue, or at a dive bar when something goes ever so slightly awry:

"My face is a mask of unamusement."