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Ought to have expected it
Thursday 11/30/23 I've said this before, but every time I watch The Rifleman, I end up thinking, "He's known as the Rifleman, what did...
Nov 30, 20233 min read


Drink
Thursday 11/30/23 Close to two o’clock in the morning in a bar and a guy has been there by himself all night, however that adjusts for...
Nov 30, 20233 min read


Just be done
Thursday 11/30/23 I have this new invention that is probably never going to pass beyond the conceptual stage—it’s hard to imagine it...
Nov 30, 20233 min read


Is this a Hall of Famer?
Wednesday 11/29/23 It can be suggestive to separate numbers and achievements in sports from names. Suggestive and surprising, once we...
Nov 29, 20232 min read


What is next now
Wednesday 11/29/23 It doesn't take much for me to make a lot. I think I am going to have to shut down/remove my Twitter account after...
Nov 29, 20236 min read


Unsold P.G. Wodehouse/The Inimitable Jeeves op-ed
Wednesday 11/29/23 As I've said, for all of the op-eds that are published, there are many more that don't run, which never has anything...
Nov 29, 20234 min read


Notes on the struggling Boston Bruins
Tuesday 11/18/23 For the third game in a row, the Boston Bruins were once again drubbed last night, and this time against a not-very-good...
Nov 28, 20233 min read


Notes on Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Tuesday 11/28/23 Rankin-Bass's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was on CBS last night. In my life, I've rarely missed seeing Rudolph "live"...
Nov 28, 20239 min read


Thoughts on the 2-9 New England Patriots
Monday 11/27/23 I think it's worth saying that the 2023 New England Patriots would be a very bad football team even if they had a good...
Nov 27, 20236 min read


Each day
Monday 11/27/23 Began work this morning at 4, which for me means I'm fairly well-rested. Before that I took out the trash and did...
Nov 27, 20232 min read


Scariest films by decade
Saturday 11/25/23 I'm not going to do all decades here, but will rather jot down a few thoughts about the golden age of horror, which I...
Nov 25, 20235 min read


Letter, novelette, MFA-machined fiction, Whistler, F. Scott Fitzgerald, op-eds, baseball book
Friday 11/24/23 Started work here on the day after Thanksgiving at 3 in the morning by writing a letter to The Wall Street Journal which...
Nov 24, 20234 min read


Prose off: Story in Granta vs. Fleming story
Thursday 11/23/23 I'm not going to tarry long on this--I have too much to get to right now, for these are big days of creation here, as...
Nov 23, 20235 min read


Doings
Thursday 11/23/23 The other day in the late afternoon I went down to the harbor after getting a hot chocolate. I often regather this way...
Nov 23, 20233 min read


Music matters
Thursday 11/23/23 Downloaded some goodies and rarities--this Christmas-themed Judy Garland album that someone curated, stuffed with...
Nov 23, 20234 min read


From the baseball book
Wednesday 11/22/23 This is just excellent. There is no one else capable of writing this. Compare with the shitty writing in The Athletic,...
Nov 22, 20233 min read


Willie Hernandez and the 1984 American League MVP
Wednesday 11/22/23 It'd been my intention this week to write something about Willie Hernandez, the Detroit Tigers' relief pitcher, and...
Nov 22, 20236 min read


Served cold
Tuesday 11/21/23 Yesterday afternoon, my niece Amelia was over my mom's because her brother had been there the day before, so she decided...
Nov 21, 20231 min read


Text exchange about publishing
Tuesday 11/21/23 J: Hey are you out running stairs? C: Yeah. J: What time did you start work today C: 2:15. J: Jesus J: I got up at 530...
Nov 21, 20232 min read


Preface to The Diamond Mirror: Life Lessons Gleaned from Baseball's Reflective History
Tuesday 11/21/23 Preface: The Game I See One of the great things about a love of anything is that we’re so caught up in our love, that we...
Nov 21, 20238 min read


Texts pertaining to publishing
Monday 11/20/23 Even when these stories by these people aren't dreadful, they're so limited in what they are. They describe an event, a...
Nov 20, 20236 min read


Bag
Monday 11/20/23 On Saturday morning I sent "Big Bob and Little Bob" to some people I know in various ways, for different reasons. It will...
Nov 20, 20234 min read


Three (or four) hale fellows
Monday 11/20/23 As I was running stairs yesterday--about to head out anon, after I write another op-ed--there was a fellow standing at...
Nov 20, 20233 min read


Health tidbits
Monday 11/20/23 I've realized that I eat very little red meat. That seems like a good thing, I think. I try not to eat too much poultry...
Nov 20, 20233 min read
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