Blog posts

1. Damon Runyon and fall of the Republic

   I’m poking my way through The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century ; a collection of short stories that looks a bit like an unabridged dictionary. I read Damon Runyon’s short story Sense of…

2. [Seasonal|Harvest|Solstice] Family Gatherings

   While there is still time to debate it all: my wife and I are probably bailing on all the usual holidays this winter. How controversial is it to just not show up for Thanksgiving or Christmas? In our…

3. Chevy Chase

   Chase did not enter medical school ; instead he played drums for a time with the college band The Leather Canary, headed by school chums Walter Becker and Donald Fagen . At the time, Chase called the…

4. Making Plans for Nigel

   At work, Making Plans for Nigel came up on the ipod, which I blast through a Tivoli Model Two in our six-cube windowless office with the overhead flourescent’s off because we are all nerds. Queue it…

5. Beer Labels

   We went down early January before the wedding to scope out the area and to meet with the folks at Weeping Radish . They just happened to not only be happy to provide us with kegs but also to print…