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Many Moments More


What to say when asked about bullying, harassment, genocide, and institutional policy
Sunday 12/10/23 I'm looking at this Harvard-Penn-MIT fallout, and of course you're going to have a Harvard Law professor--as I just saw...
Dec 10, 20234 min read


Notes on Roadblock (1951)
Sunday 12/10/23 Yesterday I watched 1951's Roadblock, a film noir somewhat set at Christmas from director Harold Daniels, starring...
Dec 10, 20233 min read


Watched a women's college basketball game yesterday
Sunday 12/10/23 Yesterday I began work before 1 in the morning and just kept at it--can go into all that was done later. But in the early...
Dec 10, 20232 min read


Christmas on the radio: "Christmas Story" from Gunsmoke
Saturday 12/9/23 A second seasonal radio offering for 2023, the "Christmas Story" episode of Gunsmoke, another that I've been interviewed...
Dec 9, 20232 min read


Penetrating stuff right there
Saturday 12/9/23 Here is the summary of a piece by Mike Giardi, a Boston sports writer, in his own words. He's talking, of course, about...
Dec 9, 20232 min read


Awakened
Saturday 12/9/23 Screaming, sloppy, drunken hags in the street with their meathead companions had me up even earlier than usual this...
Dec 9, 20231 min read


Make a list for Christmas
Friday 12/8/23 Well, enough is enough. Time to get the shotgun. Tiny Tim was a whore. He was an attention slut. Had to have the last...
Dec 8, 20232 min read


Gasms?
Friday 12/8/23 I was going through some of the thousands of emails that have accumulated in my inbox the other day. Most are from...
Dec 8, 20232 min read


Christmas on the radio: "The Missing Mouse Matter" from Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
Friday 12/8/23 Between now and Christmas I thought I'd try and highlight some individual radio programs that one might happily partake of...
Dec 8, 20232 min read


Over-ordered
Friday 12/8/23 Some people are over-served, whereas I tend to have over-ordered tea (through online retailers) for my heart, though it's...
Dec 8, 20231 min read


Some snaps
Thursday 12/7/23 An imagistically-tilted entry. I don't put up a great deal of photos in this record for various reasons. It's not a...
Dec 7, 20232 min read


Three artists, Stones, Sox trade, college hockey, carols, Charlie Brown, Claw
Wednesday 12/6/23 The artists that mean the most to me at this point of my life are Nick Drake, Powell and Pressburger, and the Grateful...
Dec 6, 20232 min read


Betts, Lennon, Grammer
Tuesday 12/5/23 Mookie Betts is going to be the Dodgers' everyday second baseman next season, which is neat. I can't think of a single...
Dec 5, 20232 min read


Have the New England Patriots reached the lowest point in their history?
Monday 12/4/23 Yesterday, I watched the first half of the Patriots-Chargers game. I actually did this on purpose, even though I knew that...
Dec 4, 20234 min read


Reupholstery
Monday 12/4/23 Jim Leyland was inducted into the Hall of Fame last night. I'm ambivalent about managers being included in that sense of...
Dec 4, 20233 min read


Real women
Monday 12/4/23 Encountered this this morning via a dating profile. It's the kind of thing I come across regularly: "I'm a real woman (not...
Dec 4, 20233 min read


Beach
Saturday 12/2/23 Keep going. There is beach to be taken right now. More novelette work. A workmanlike day. Still not doing nearly enough....
Dec 2, 20232 min read


Hearts
Saturday 12/2/23 "Maybe I’m built to be a mess, or I sub-contracted a portion of myself for the job of turning the whole of me into one,...
Dec 2, 20232 min read


Replacement-level writers and writing, with three examples from Wendy Lesser's The Threepenny Review
Saturday 12/2/23 I'd like to introduce a new term to the Many Moments More journal, which I feel is a useful one that will be used going...
Dec 2, 202313 min read


Mug mishap and the start of a very important month
Saturday 12/2/23 I broke my Boston Ballet mug this morning by knocking it into the sink. I feel oddly naked without it and will replace...
Dec 2, 20234 min read


Hockey and baseball II.
Saturday 12/2/23 The Northeastern men's hockey team--which was something like 1-7 this year in Hockey East--knocked off the...
Dec 2, 20233 min read


The Bailey Zappe era begins
Friday 12/1/23 It appears that Bailey Zappe will start at quarterback for the Patriots on Sunday. There is a barrage of Tweets and...
Dec 1, 20235 min read


Not enough
Thursday 11/30/23 More novelette work. Effort and production needs to be far better everywhere. These are poor showings. I'm failing...
Nov 30, 20231 min read


Running up the score
Thursday 11/30/23 I have always thought it's said much about a person's character and strength--and their ability to live, because...
Nov 30, 20235 min read
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