I’m on the road again, pointing the old white E320 east on I80 toward the Sierras. It’s got a hundred and forty thousand miles on it, that car, but rides as solid as a chunk of accelerating granite. Say what you will about the Germans, but they make a decent vehicle. Somewhere past Auburn I […]
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The More Things Change
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Change We Can Believe In That’s Obama’s tag, to touch briefly on the world of politics again. And McCain is scrambling to project his own non-stagnating image, putting a saucy-looking “hockey mom” on the ticket. The old guy has something there. When’s the last time anybody really wanted to do a vice president? Have to […]
Loose Change
Friday, August 29, 2008
I sat home in Tennessee, starin’ at my screen uneasy feelin’ in my chest, wonderin’ what it means -Steve Earle “Christmas in Washington” So Obama made his speech last night, and this message of “change” was prominent. Sheryl Crow even switched a few words around in one of her songs to fit the occasion and […]
Dylan
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Ain’t talkin’ / just walkin’ Eating hog eyed grease in a hog eyed town -Bob Dylan I’ve never been a huge fan of poetry outside of songwriting. Something about my innate, nonlinear orientation makes it difficult for the form to stick without a back beat or chord progression. “If you must keep talking, please try […]
Self Wiring
Monday, August 11, 2008
Among the numerous theories relating to how we come to be who we are is the deceptively simplistic idea that it “all comes down to wiring.” There’s something undeniably satisfying about this approach, as susceptible as it might be to picking apart. Advocates of genetic influence would likely weigh in with support, but it’s difficult […]
08.08.08
Friday, August 8, 2008
I’m in Mazzone’s True Value hardware store buying a quarter-inch pressurized cap for the water line that used to go in to my old refrigerator’s ice maker. I’m fairly pleased with this fifty cent purchase – it’s early in the day and I’m under the illusion that I’ve taken care of another problem. But I […]
Drowned
Friday, July 25, 2008
It’s halfway through July, the high point of summer, and a run of ninety degree days has given way to mid eighties temperatures and the threat of heavy rain. I’ve noted it before – New York weather lends itself to the city and possesses weight, distinction and authority. When the sky makes up its mind […]
Some Truths About Baseball
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
I used to have a love – hate relationship with baseball, but in recent years it’s evolved into an indifferent – somewhat less indifferent relationship. I played as a kid. My brother’s a big fan and the game occupies as much of my dad’s frontal lobe as eating or sleeping. Back in 1987 I attended […]
Clint, Spike etc.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
One of the better moments in Oscar history came in 1993 when Barbra Streisand stepped to the podium to present the award for best director. The theme for that year’s ceremony was “The Year of the Woman” and Streisand was introduced as the “woman who directed The Prince of Tides.” Before opening the envelope, she said […]
Max Orange Logic
Friday, June 27, 2008
I wouldn’t belong to any club that would accept me as a member -Groucho Marx I’m not certain on the definition of a successful writer, but when your novel’s title enters the modern lexicon as an independent entity, you’re probably doing OK. Such was Joseph Heller’s experience with Catch-22. The book has been praised as […]