Friday 10/7/22 In 1927, George Moriarty became the manager of the Detroit Tigers. He had played from 1903 to 1916, mostly as a third...

Friday 10/7/22 C: I wrote a story about a guy whose college roommate was always trying to suck his own dick. It needs work. C: It's...

Thursday 10/6/22 Jerry Remy passed away after last season and Dennis Eckersley has just retired with the end of this one. Well, that...

Wednesday 10/5/22 Why the mouth? Because it’s warm and wet? Can that really be sufficient to impel desire, such that one says, “Here’s...

Wednesday 10/5/22 Albert Pujols passed Babe Ruth the other night for second on the all-time RBI list. The most impressive statistical...

Tuesday 10/4/22 The weekend before this past weekend, I ran the Monument two times one day and three the other. Walked five miles one of...

Tuesday 10/4/22 It's coming up on one in the morning. I am not normally up this late, but I will be up for some time yet. I am aflame...

Sunday 10/2/22 A text exchange with my little neighbor and mentee today while I was running stairs inside the Monument. C: I saw your mom...

Saturday 10/1/22 Op-ed on Cheers that I was unable to sell. The first episode of Cheers, and why we have more time than we think. Here in...

Tuesday 9/27/22 Thoreau would have a deep understanding of what I’m describing, though he also wrote in his journals about how people...

Tuesday 9/27/22 So let us explore, and partake of new Christmas baubles, though not mere baubles—baubles like the sun, but that early...

Saturday 9/24/22 As a kid I recall often encountering the phrase “frozen in time.” I think it was because I read a lot of books on...

Friday 9/23/22 During Mike Bossy's rookie year, the New York Islanders were at practice working on their power play. Future Hall of Fame...

Thursday 9/22/22 I read a lot of medical studies. They're germane to what I want and have to do. I must be healthy in order endure this...

Tuesday 9/20/22 Bruins fans are way too sentimental about Zdeno Chara. Overrated player, sometimes a pylon, a turnover machine, a very...

Tuesday 9/20/22 Never give a weasel what a weasel wants. (Human weasels. Animals weasels are different.)

Tuesday 9/20/22 There was a time when Radiohead’s “Creep” was a song that frat boy spring breakers just had to hear. They liked it not...

Tuesday 9/20/22 I will continue to show what I am and prove what these people are. My resolve has increased. Began an essay yesterday on...

Tuesday 9/20/22 “I just think it’s funny that you think you can help her.” “What’s that supposed to mean?” “Not funny ha ha.” A husband...

Monday 9/19/22 Save for certain varieties of romantic trysts, we like to think our relationships—especially our friendships—are built to...

Sunday 9/18/22 Public Garden yesterday morning. Perfect weather for early fall. Here's a favorite spot in Charlestown, or anywhere in the...

Sunday 9/18/22 It's 6:30. I'm heading out. Trying to keep going. Forcing myself. I'm putting this up quickly. It says a lot. Yesterday...

Friday 9/16/22 I have a repugnant task to do and I wish to be done with it early, so I can start early tomorrow and be productive...

Thursday 9/15/22 In the early autumn, I was heading back into the city of Boston on the subway from a leafy suburb where I had watched a...