Three different categories - music, food, tongues - in all three, our willingness to try something new, something dangerous, fades away.

NPR: Does Age Quash Our Spirit of Adventure?

Borders tends to try to capitalize on timing of current events for its self-publishing projects, such as music books tied to the Grammy Awards.

FORBES: Booking Losses

When Writers' Theatre, a Chicago-area company that operates out of a 108-seat house, announced that it would try its hand at "A Little Night Music, " I decided at once to go, and can now report that William Brown, who directed the company's unforgettable 2011 revival of "Heartbreak House, " has outdone himself.

WSJ: A Little Night Music | Writers' Theatre | A 'Night' to Remember | Theater Review by Terry Teachout