It has been pointed out to me that the last three posts on this blog were overly didactic, as if I were giving classroom lectures. Contrary to my earlier statement that I disclaim any pretension to being a Renaissance man, I may give the impression of pretending just that by holding forth consecutively on Catholicism, Judaism and Buddhism (though these posts provoked some interesting comments). In any case, the time has come for some lighter fare. I promise that the following contains no profound insights and leads to no practical...