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Talk talk
Wednesday 6/7/23 C: I've been thinking more about how I'm going to handle this with such and such if I have to. I'll do it in stages and...
Jun 7, 20232 min read


Kinship
Tuesday 6/6/23 The other day, a meathead who was selling me lemons--which I cut up with the one knife I own and put in my water...
Jun 6, 20233 min read


Breathing tube performance
Tuesday 6/6/23 The other day on Facebook, I clicked on someone's story, which I rarely do. Why do I rarely do this? Because no one is...
Jun 6, 20234 min read


Strange but true baseball stats and the life of Roger Craig
Tuesday 6/6/23 Harmon Killebrew, Reggie Jackson, Mike Schmidt, Jimmie Foxx, and Mickey Mantle all finished in the top ten in the league...
Jun 6, 20233 min read


150,000/0
Monday 6/5/23 Last night, I made an attempt to calculate how many units of alcohol I consumed in all of the time I was drinking far more...
Jun 5, 20233 min read


Everyday grammar
Monday 6/5/23 It would feel to me like I'd witnessed a miracle--well, call it a near-miracle--if I saw someone who knew how "every day"...
Jun 5, 20231 min read


Sightings of America inside the Bunker Hill Monument
Monday 6/5/23 Yesterday I was doing my stairs in the Bunker Hill Monument. As I was coming down one time, a no-necked, pugnacious-looking...
Jun 5, 20238 min read


Jazz directions
Thursday 6/1/23 Because JazzTimes is no more, I've been working again today on a piece that was to have run with them on The Sound of...
Jun 1, 20233 min read


Catcher's mitt
Thursday 6/1/23 My mother phoned me yesterday asking for advice. People often come to me for advice, but I would say it's most common...
Jun 1, 20232 min read


Basketball and writing
Thursday 6/1/23 Today I looked at a piece in a venue that is supposed to be intelligent. This is a common experience for me. I'm trying...
Jun 1, 20239 min read


No Gatorade
Wednesday 5/31/23 If the male human body is 60% water, I think I went down to about 58% on Sunday for a while. (It concerns me that it...
May 31, 20236 min read


On behaving hatefully
Monday 5/29/23 Here is something very few people realize: It's possible to be both right and hateful. Having gotten something correct...
May 29, 20232 min read


Someone has to win
Monday 5/29/23 This is from an essay I've been working on and was working on again this morning on the 1977 children's BBC...
May 29, 20234 min read


Beach days and mindsets
Saturday 5/27/23 I have been thinking about what it would entail--and how I would go about doing--a book that is both fiction and...
May 28, 202312 min read


Sports prognosticating
Saturday 5/27/23 * Celtics win again and are now down 3-2. Am I surprised? No outcomes in sports surprise me. Maybe a little. But I can...
May 27, 20233 min read


Work harder
Saturday 5/27/23 I need to work harder. Much harder. It takes me so long now to sign off on something as finished. A lot gets finished,...
May 27, 20235 min read


A peek behind the curtain
Saturday 5/27/23 This is just a peek behind the curtain. Just one thing from a day. One will see an email from me to a group of people...
May 27, 20232 min read


The man with the action-packed expense account
Thursday 5/25/23 Last night I went back and listened to the five-part Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar episode, "The Chesapeake Fraud Matter,"...
May 25, 20232 min read


Water striders
Thursday 5/25/23 This entry runs the risk of sounding villainous and I don't want to sound villainous because that's often an indication...
May 25, 20237 min read


Re: winning
Wednesday 5/24/23 Has it ever happened before that all four conference championship series in the NHL and NBA had each been 3-0 at some...
May 24, 20234 min read


A big range
Tuesday 5/23/23 Watched 1988's The Vanishing. Half-baked. Pretty easy way to make a movie. Hadn't seen it in some time. Also Anthony...
May 23, 20237 min read


I don't think people like Orson Welles's films
Tuesday 5/23/23 Not something I'm fond of stating, but it's been my experience, and I have some explanations. Welles as a director often...
May 23, 20234 min read


Unsold sports officiating op-ed
Tuesday 5/23/23 The goods help make the case. So show the goods. Unsold sports op-ed here. One won't see a better sports opinion piece....
May 23, 20234 min read


Thoughts on the Celtics being down 3-0 and their future
Monday 5/22/23 Jaylen Brown said that the Miami Heat are playing above their means. Why would you do that? Why would you belittle your...
May 22, 20234 min read
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