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Happy teeth and reason to think I am not diabetic after all
Tuesday 7/15/25 Up even earlier than usual. Just sick. Might as well do some work. Keep trying. Get to the going. I'm attentive to the...
Jul 15, 20255 min read


Why Juan Soto shouldn't be an All-Star, the rocks in Jonathan Papelbon's head, the man you want at the plate to save humanity in a home run derby, and a great baseball program from 1960
Monday 7/14/25 Quite a few complaints about the Mets' Juan Soto not being an All-Star. Makes sense to me that he isn't. He's under...
Jul 14, 20255 min read


The strange man in the Monument
Monday 7/14/25 I have not felt well. Chills, fever. Nose not good, chest not good. Slept the last two nights with ripped wad of paper...
Jul 14, 20254 min read


Red Sox defeat the Rays 1-0 at Fenway on 7/12: Notes on the best ball game so far this year
Sunday 7/13/25 The best baseball game I've seen thus far this season was played yesterday at Fenway Park between the Red Sox and the...
Jul 13, 20256 min read


I can do better
Saturday 7/12/25 Under the weather. Mouth has been bothering me. Soreness in area with the temporary crown. Gums sore in space between...
Jul 12, 20258 min read


Thick bricks
Friday 7/11/25 It was in the sixties yesterday and raining when I left for Charlestown. The rain made it so you were just on the border...
Jul 11, 20259 min read


The 2025 Boston Red Sox: Time to reassess?
Thursday 7/10/25 The Red Sox have won six in a row and the World Series talk is back on with their fans. Or should I say, fans of a...
Jul 10, 20255 min read


Some competition
Thursday 7/10/25 My erstwhile five-year-old buddy has an ear infection so I sent her a text--via her mom--saying I hope she gets well...
Jul 10, 20258 min read


Prose off: Story by Laura Van Den Berg, as "one of them" as literary fiction people get, put forward in The Baffler by one of our favorite frauds, J.W. McCormack, v. Fleming story
Wednesday 7/9/25 Laura Van Den Berg is as one of these publishing people as you can be. Everything she writes is the same. Mannered,...
Jul 9, 202514 min read


Does art have to fail?
Tuesday 7/8/25 Does art have to fail? Does art have to be niche of a niche of a niche of a niche to the point of bordering on, and, for...
Jul 8, 202510 min read


Can't eat it so good
Tuesday 7/8/25 I find humans almost completely unfunny now as if they border on being incapable of being funny. Time and again I'll see...
Jul 8, 20255 min read


Nine years without a drink: The good and the bad
Monday 7/7/25 Ran ten circuits of stairs in the Monument on Saturday and five more on Sunday, and walked three miles Saturday, five on...
Jul 7, 202511 min read


Talking post-Fourth of July weekend baseball: What the next few games will tell us about the Red Sox, Ceddanne Rafaela, teams and players to keep an eye on, losing it fast, an inspiring comeback
Monday 7/7/25 The Red Sox swept a bad Washington Nationals team over the weekend to move one game over .500. If they're going to be...
Jul 7, 20254 min read


In which I am called a "young punk" (and an asshole)
Friday 7/4/25 The temperature is a bit cooler today, there's a breeze and less humidity, so I ran ten circuits of stairs in the Bunker...
Jul 4, 20253 min read


Wouldn't worry about it
Friday 7/4/25 "Am I overreacting to my wife's work crush?" Nah, it'll probably be fine. Wouldn't worry about it. The things that people...
Jul 4, 20259 min read


Jarren Duran's poor defense, possible Red Sox All-Stars, Bruins boners, punting Celtics
Friday 7/4/25 Red Sox left fielder Jarren Duran has six errors thus far this season (one came while playing center field) and a fielding...
Jul 4, 20256 min read


New Substack, meta post, lost tooth, how most publishing people are the truth's bitch, music, film, literature, flowers, a wedding, and more
Tuesday 7/1/25 My niece Lilah fainted yesterday. My sister told me she was probably overheated and dehydrated but I will check on her...
Jul 2, 202513 min read


Most sites like mine
Monday 6/30/25 You can't make a person who doesn't care care. You can't make a bad person be a good person. I write, I create, I think, I...
Jun 30, 20256 min read


Dave Parker's place in baseball history
Sunday 6/29/30 Dave Parker, baseball great, died the other day. He is a member of baseball's most recent Hall of Fame class, which is due...
Jun 29, 20254 min read


Dark days for Boston sports
Saturday 6/28/25 The Red Sox came home from a dismal road trip and got it handed to them last night at Fenway 9-0 by the Toronto Blue...
Jun 28, 20253 min read


Pithy Beatles thoughts
Friday 6/27/25 A Hard Day's Night is the Beatles' best album. Sgt. Pepper has become overlooked because of how little we think now/are...
Jun 27, 20253 min read


A Jim Shepard story in The New Yorker, publishing's classism, the endless lies to self, an Alex Cora truism, tips for watching bad horror movies
Friday 6/27/25 I looked at a Jim Shepard story in The New Yorker today called "The Queen of Bad Influences," which comes from his story...
Jun 27, 20258 min read


Prose off with a medical twist: Typical cardboard fiction in The Threepenny Review put forward by Wendy Lesser--whose rapper name is revealed within--v. Fleming story
Thursday 6/26/25 I heard a rumor that Threepenny Review editor Wendy Lesser's rapper name is the bag of hag, which is a reference to her...
Jun 26, 202510 min read


Are you watching my glow up?
Thursday 6/26/25 Post seen this morning: You’re not witnessing a glow up. You’re witnessing a return. To who I was before the world told...
Jun 26, 20252 min read
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