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Many Moments More


From Paul Whiteman piece
Tuesday 10/3/23 This is from the essay on Paul Whiteman that I'm reworking and will hopefully finish today. It's good. It'll either go in...
Oct 3, 20233 min read


The last few days and some extra details
Tuesday 10/3/23 I know this sounds strange, but I sort of feel like a month is a pussy when it doesn't go all the way to thirty-one days....
Oct 3, 20234 min read


Thoughts following the latest Patriots loss
Monday 10/2/23 The Patriots were slaughtered 38-3 yesterday by the Cowboys. If they are not the worst team in the league, they're...
Oct 2, 20233 min read


Matters literary
Monday 10/2/23 Wilkie Collins had a strange way with commas. Books I'd like to write books on, or write about in a book that is a broader...
Oct 2, 20235 min read


Nothing is ever so bad that it can't be helped by talking to someone
Friday 9/29/23 Wrote this today and sent it to a friend's thirteen-year-old daughter. Her friend was found dead in bed the other morning....
Sep 29, 20232 min read


Watching the Orioles win their 100th game and clinch the AL East against the Red Sox
Friday 9/29/23 Watched the Baltimore Orioles clinch the AL East by shutting out the Red Sox at a jumping Camden Yards. A cool, early...
Sep 28, 20234 min read


Music notes
Wednesday 9/27/23 In my top ten of favorite albums, one would find the Yardbirds' Roger the Engineer, the Who's Live at Leeds, the...
Sep 27, 20232 min read


Mac Jones and the excuses of Pats fans, steroids, the awesome Acuna, and mercurial Eric Davis
Wednesday 9/27/23 It's suggestive how important it is for Patriots fans to think that Mac Jones is good, when it should be obvious to...
Sep 27, 20235 min read


M.R. James, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft
Wednesday 9/27/23 In his writings one sees what a good feel M.R. James had for people. He's often talked about as this bachelor who only...
Sep 27, 20232 min read


Sent/unsent, liked/unliked; goalkeeping
Tuesday 9/26/23 Here's part of the problem, and it's also a tough way to go through life. It actually explains a lot about where I'm at....
Sep 26, 202313 min read


Mark Warren of Random House; as many times as necessary
Monday 9/25/23 One of the many things I'm conscious of in writing this unique record is to not repeat anything, which is commonly sited...
Sep 25, 20239 min read


Nieces and Renoir
Sunday 9/24/23 A couple photos I was sent yesterday of my nieces Lilah and Amelia in one of them and then just Amelia in the other. Guess...
Sep 24, 20231 min read


The numbers of Nick Drake's "Pink Moon"
Sunday 9/24/23 Nick Drake's "Pink Moon" runs for two minutes and six seconds. It is comprised of eighty-seven words. There are...
Sep 24, 20231 min read


Dastardly deeds
Sunday 9/24/23 What'd I'd say about all of the fiction I see now is that there's never any life in it. Even when one piece is somewhat...
Sep 24, 20235 min read


Ragus
Saturday 9/23/23 Wrote the feature on the Beatles' Get Back LP which I did mostly so I could include it in Just Like Them: A Piece by...
Sep 23, 202322 min read


Nick Drake notes
Friday 9/22/23 Contemporary reviews of Nick Drake's three records often stated how similar his songs were to each other just as Drake's...
Sep 22, 20234 min read


I'm from then
Friday 9/22/23 Started a feature on the Beatles Get Back LP and worked some more on Just Like Them: A Piece by Piece Guide to Becoming...
Sep 22, 20238 min read


Preface to Big Asks: Six Novelettes About Acceptance
Thursday 9/21/23 Preface: Our Acceptance It wasn’t until the twenty-first century that large numbers of people began doing something...
Sep 21, 20237 min read


The book written by accident
Thursday 9/21/23 I'll talk about this now. It's time. So, I had joked that I wrote a book by accident. There was joke in the joke and...
Sep 21, 20236 min read


Unreal but real musical discoveries
Thursday 9/21/23 When I could first drive--something I last did in 2016, I believe--I went to record stores. That was my primary...
Sep 21, 20233 min read


Baseball considerations: Chris Martin, AL MVP, Millar in the booth, '84 Fisk, Clemens, Ashburn
Thursday 9/21/23 Chris Martin is having what's being talked about as an amazing year for a relief pitcher in Red Sox history. There...
Sep 21, 20235 min read


Influence and inspiration
Thursday 9/21/23 Writers are so quick to tell people who they're influenced by. I see people billed by their influences. They will write...
Sep 21, 20237 min read


In all day
Tuesday 9/19/23 Today I wrote three entries on here about hockey, football, and baseball. Worked on a 9400 word novelette. Wrote some...
Sep 19, 20231 min read


Baseball
Tuesday 9/19/23 Walter Johnson is the best pitcher in baseball history, and Ty Cobb hit .366 off of Walter Johnson. He didn't do it in a...
Sep 19, 20232 min read
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