August 03, 2004

silhouette3.JPG From the desk of Jane Galt:

Odd tidbit of the day

In the course of one of the off-beat, ever-so-sophisticated conversations we are always having here at my office, we developed the need to know the name of philospher Ronald Dworkin's current girlfriend. Imagine my surprise when I found that our very own site is the third Google hit for the words "Ronald + Dworkin + Girlfriend". Right on the bleeding edge of intellectual gossip, we are.

Anyway, we can't figure out the name from Google. Do any of my readers know the name of the woman he's living with right now? Our interest is strictly curious, not prurient. ;-)

Posted by Jane Galt at August 3, 2004 06:22 PM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound links
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He's not married to Andrea Dworkin? I could have sworn that I read in the New York Review of Books that one of his great pleasures is to go home each day to a house filled with the smells of Andrea's cookies and cupcakes and fried chicken.

Posted by: justin on August 3, 2004 10:53 PM

Odd tidbit part II: The original word is "titbit" (and still is in Britain, and has nothing to do with boobs); it was changed by easily-scandalized Americans in the 19th century or so.

Posted by: Contributor A on August 4, 2004 11:12 AM

So I have to Google Mr. Dworkin's name to figure out who he is. Now I'm trying to figure out why I'd be curious about his romances.

If he has a significant other, good for him! Considering I had no idea who he was until literally 2 minutes, 30 seconds ago I really doubt I'd know who his SO would be.

James

Posted by: James R. Rummel on August 4, 2004 04:40 PM

Let alone why said other would be significant...

Posted by: triticale on August 5, 2004 10:39 AM

Ever since I read the late great Roger Zelazny's Amber Chronicles, I have been unable to take anybody named Dworkin seriously. OTOH, I can unreservedly recommend the books.

Posted by: Robert Schwartz on August 5, 2004 10:11 PM

I don't know who he is with now, but I am not ashamed to say... "He vaz my boyfriend!"

Posted by: j.c. on August 6, 2004 08:35 PM

This is a little bizarre. Dworkin is hardly in a stage of life renowned for its tendency towards polygamy. He's also already married to Betsy, or wasn't he?

Posted by: Kamen on August 8, 2004 02:19 PM

Don't know the answer to your question but I did just recently learn that the renowned biologist Richard Dawkins is married to Lala Wardwho played Romana on Dr Who in the 70's (the red headed, really hot one )... more gosip for your office.

Posted by: GH on August 10, 2004 08:48 AM

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