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Sunday 10/12/25 My mother had the follow-up consultation for her gall bladder procedure. All appears well. I think she's feeling better....
Oct 12, 20255 min read


"Dot" letter: "The stories are always theirs..."
Saturday 10/11/25 As the title of this entry says. It's about twenty past six on Saturday morning here on 10/11, and I wanted to send you something. I've been meaning to print this out and mail it to you. Due to its length, I figured it'd be easier for you to read that way, but perhaps you have a printer handy. I also have a few others I've wanted to send you as well, and this morning I figured I'd just go ahead with this one here, and send what I send in the mail later on, a
Oct 11, 20252 min read


Let's talk starting pitching: What organizations get wrong about starters in 2025, pitchers with a legit claim as best starter ever, and the highest height a starting pitcher has ever reached
Saturday 10/11/25 There have been a number of sports entries on here lately. Many art-related ones are coming, and also a great many...
Oct 11, 20255 min read


Blow it up!
Friday 10/10/25 Baseball fans are too quick to say, "Blow it up!" and "Everyone must go!" and "This roster could never get it done!" when...
Oct 10, 20256 min read


That was then and this is now
Thursday 10/9/25 You weren't the person you should have been when you were with someone. Then after you don't know them, not only are...
Oct 9, 20252 min read


Series comebacks, the Bruins' captaincy situation, the best player in the NHL, and why are New Englanders talking like the Patriots have already won the Super Bowl in October?
Wednesday 10/8/25 I believe that people--and this includes players and coaches on teams--are too quick to think that a team has no...
Oct 8, 20258 min read


A minute of truth
Tuesday 10/7/25 You know how sometimes you're listening to something--like a podcast or a radio show--and the people doing the talking...
Oct 7, 20251 min read


Willie Stargell, Lou Brock, Maury Wills, Manny Ramirez, the 2025 Division Series thus far, Red Sox' "state of the team going forward" press conference, someone else's great point about Alex Bregman
Tuesday 10/7/25 The 1979 "We Are Family" Pittsburgh Pirates had a banner on the top of their dugout that read THE FAMILY. Offhand, I...
Oct 7, 20257 min read


Heartbreaking in many ways, but I try to think that "always has been" doesn't mean "always will be"
Monday 10/6/25 A letter this morning from someone I've known longer than almost anyone with whom I speak. Read through a lot this morning...
Oct 6, 20253 min read


A letter to some professor friends about a letter to someone at Image, the journal of faith, and why most people in publishing don't want people to read or care about reading
Monday 10/6/25 Essentially what it says above. From yesterday. Seemed a useful, telling document so it is included here. The coals are...
Oct 6, 20252 min read


What ex-Pats coaches and publishing people have in common, w/cameos from Mark "Am I Drunk or Just Drunk with Rage" Warren and David "Sexual Harassment is Cool if You're the Right Kind of Guy" Remnick
Sunday 10/5/25 That was some drubbing the Boston College Eagles took yesterday on the road courtesy of the Pittsburgh Panthers. The score...
Oct 5, 20254 min read


The Red Sox' season is over: What can you really say?
Friday 10/3/25 The Red Sox' season came to an end last night at the hands of the Yankees with a 4-0 loss in Game 3 of the Wild Card...
Oct 3, 202510 min read


Red Sox WC Game 2 notes: Duran isn't an outfielder, the checking out of Bello and Whitlock, immobilized Eaton, the lethality of double plays, bad fundamentals, and what Boston needs in Game 3
Thursday 10/2/25 A tough loss for the Red Sox last night, which was in large part of their own making. They still have a chance to...
Oct 2, 20258 min read


A paragraph about two publishing-adjacent people
Tuesday 9/30/25 Person number one is kicked out of publishing because he's a sociopath. Many within are. But this was someone whose...
Sep 30, 20252 min read


It's not just "a" and "an"
Tuesday 9/30/25 Ours is a country where scarcely anyone in it is capable of understanding that it's "an NFL game" and not "a NFL game." A...
Sep 30, 20259 min read


Specialist
Monday 9/29/25 You have to spell Edgar Allan Poe's name correctly. People are like, "I'm so impressive, I reference Poe," but those...
Sep 29, 20254 min read


Soccer at the field
Monday 9/29/25 The day that my wife at the time, Molly, left without a word or a word of warning, after imploring me to trust her, and...
Sep 29, 20256 min read


Red Sox make the playoffs! Also, memories of my dad and grandmother, and a cameo from Lorin "How Bad Do You Want to Be Published" Stein, author of "Get on My Desk, Baby Girl"
Saturday 9/27/25 The Red Sox frustrated me for a lot--most--of this season. It took them a while to get going, and they played some...
Sep 27, 20258 min read


"That's Not the Story," short story excerpt
Thursday 9/25/25 You write a story and you work at it. You lavish it with care. What you believe is your every thought it needs and...
Sep 25, 20252 min read


Nightmare film festival
Thursday 9/25/25 I hate how you look something up on Google and AI intercepts the request so that you get that block of AI-generated text...
Sep 25, 20256 min read


Hard on the trail with Lash LaRue
Tuesday 9/23/25 I believe I've seen every film in which Lash LaRue starred. Who was Lash LaRue? He was a "star"--we have to be a bit...
Sep 23, 20255 min read


Mental mini-games
Monday 9/22/25 The Red Sox had a golden opportunity to boost their chances of getting into the playoffs last night and they couldn't do...
Sep 22, 20256 min read


Granite star
Sunday 9/21/25 Red bird. Soon in the morning, red bird. Amazing performance , that is. In my head most days. Awoke today and began work...
Sep 21, 20259 min read


The semantics of losing a late season lead, why the spoiler role means more in baseball, and what everyone gets wrong about strikeouts
Friday 9/18/25 I fear we're watching the end of the Red Sox season, one which will not include any October baseball. With their loss to...
Sep 19, 20254 min read
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