I took a walk late at night last weekend. I intended to escape the killer night lights that are all too prevalent in this part of the world. I walked to the point where the glow faded into faint slivers of paint in an otherwise pitch perfect sky. It is the point where a road drifts to nowhere. I thought I was alone. But tucked [...]
I find that a lot of Vegetarian/Vegan restaurants fall into two categories. One is the restaurants that serve mainly vegetable dishes. These may include rich soups, vegetable sandwiches, whole grain breads, pastas and fresh salads. The other is one that models itself after meat restaurants but replaces all the meat with vegetarian/vegan alternatives. Sometimes I dig the first style. Sometimes the second. I really have [...]
Sunday was a day of recovering made necessary by a chance encounter with John Galt. It occurred a few miles north of my apartment. I was running through fields of green littered with playing cards and fast food bags. Just outside of a high school, I saw the man standing there confused. I asked him if he needed help. He smiled at me, a strange [...]
Chuck Knoblauch forgot how to throw to first base. Seems amazing that an athlete who had spent years perfecting the art of fielding could all of a sudden forget how to make that throw. But it is a real thing. It happened to me. I played church softball. I was an awesome outfielder, caught everything. My coach wanted me to play shortstop. I did fine [...]
Before I give you a brief history lesson I have to mention, this is sort of a bitchy dish. Back in November I cooked up this compromise and exuded about it in a playlist. I then moved on to other foods, the holidays, life stuff. Unfortunately, like a spoiled brat, this posole would not let me live a day without reminding me that I had [...]
For the second year in a row J-Fur and I hosted Thanksgiving at our place. Her sister and parents were in attendance. Here are the highlights of some of the great tastes that we enjoyed: Appetizers Spiced Almonds Roasted Apple Butternut Squash and Caramelized Onion Pizza Salad Kale Salad with Butternut Squash, Cranberries and Pepitas Soup Carrot and Ginger and White Bean Side Dishes Stuffing [...]
There’s a clip at the end of NOFX’s 1997 album So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes where the band is played on the Howard Stern show. Stern cuts off the song as soon as Fat Mike starts singing and says something along the lines of What is this? The producer replies “NOFX.” Stern plays that in his mind a few times, thinking up a [...]
In a little over a week 4,411 delegates (some actual delegates, some alternatives, some alternatives to the alternatives) and their entourages will be making their way to Tampa to unleash the beast that is the Republican National Convention (RNC). The city is quickly finalizing a process that began years ago. They’ve removed a number of dilapidated boat slips, bought the police new bicycles and a [...]
Blue cheese and I are like perfectly respectable acquaintances. I’m cool if he shows up in small quantities, here and there, not flaunting his stuff in my face. But when he starts to make his presence known or follows the same circuitous route I do, then we have a problem. After making these buffalo wraps it did not make me happy in the least to [...]
