On December 30th 2025, my wife and I moved from Westchester, New York, to Philadelphia. We are at a point in our lives where the change made sense for a variety of reasons. I have been injured into retirement, and she is now working in what will most likely be the last position she'll hold, … Continue reading A Roof and Four Walls
Just Gone
In the time that I've been writing in this space I don't think I've ever sat down to work without having a firm idea of what I was trying to accomplish and what the finished product would look like. I've come to write from anger, amusement, curiosity amongst other motivations and have always worked towards … Continue reading Just Gone
The Play’s the Thing
A couple of weeks ago I ventured out for the first time in over a year to enjoy some live entertainment. With New York slowly opening up after more than thirteen months of house arrest, I was fortunate enough to have a friend's new one act drama to go see. Returning readers will recognize Robert … Continue reading The Play’s the Thing
Nowhere Fast
I don't have any interest in rehashing the events of the last three months. They've been seen, discussed and written about ad nauseam. If you think the election was stolen it's unlikely I would be able to convince you otherwise. State governments had more than half a year to adjust their electoral process so that all … Continue reading Nowhere Fast
Trump vs Biden: Random Thoughts on the Clash of Titans
As I re-read yesterday's post I realized that allowing for the possibility of an unexpected (as per polling) Trump victory is as close as I've come to making a firm prediction in this election. I don't have any crystal ball, and aside from thinking that the final count will be a lot closer than expected … Continue reading Trump vs Biden: Random Thoughts on the Clash of Titans
Trump Supporters: Unshakeable
When I first began to conduct the interviews for this piece in the spring, I had a very different direction in mind than the one I ended up taking. I had, over time, noticed that my Twitter followers contained a not insignificant number of gay people who were as open about their support for Donald … Continue reading Trump Supporters: Unshakeable
Warren Zevon & Casey Stengel: Words From the Wise
I had a birthday a few weeks ago. Birthdays are not a cause for celebration for me and this one was no exception, but in the midst of my typical crankiness I did manage to stumble onto a pop culture artifact that brought to mind why it's worth it to keep trying in this life, … Continue reading Warren Zevon & Casey Stengel: Words From the Wise
Tom Seaver: Just “Terrific”
As I write this, the news of Tom Seaver's passing is still painfully fresh, if not genuinely surprising. He'd been quite ill for a long time with the dementia and Lyme disease that shared culpability in his demise. I can't claim that the hero worship I'd felt for him as a child had endured into … Continue reading Tom Seaver: Just “Terrific”
All Together Now: Shared Sacrifice in the Age of COVID-19
Just shy of eighty years ago this nation was attacked on what was, more or less, our own soil. The bombing of Pearl Harbor ended any pretense of non-involvement in the growing global conflagration and made concrete the United States' active engagement in World War II. This country raised a combined services force of nearly … Continue reading All Together Now: Shared Sacrifice in the Age of COVID-19
Up and Out: Ambition in Blue
In the month or so that has passed since George Floyd's death we've had the chance to reflect on a fairly broad array of societal issues, including but not limited to: racial bias in current policing, possible criminality in some police behavior, staggering tone deafness in a huge number of municipalities, blatant hypocrisy in service … Continue reading Up and Out: Ambition in Blue
Just Thinking 