When this blog was first suggested to me it was made clear that in order to build an audience I would have to become active on social media. That thought was not particularly tempting. I didn't really know all that much about it and didn't have an overwhelming desire to find out what I was … Continue reading Twitter, Guns, Abortion and My Friend Sam
Politics
Hillary, What A Character
Depending on how you look at it, Hillary Rodham Clinton didn't miss by much. She won the popular vote by a margin just shy of three million (2.1%). Trump carried 30 states to her 20, taking 304 electoral college votes to her 227. Regardless of whether you're happy about it, learning to live with it, … Continue reading Hillary, What A Character
Wiliams For DiMaggio: The Answer To Everything
In April of 1947 the owners of the Yankees and the Red Sox (Dan Topping and Tom Yawkey, respectively) spent a night getting lubricated at Toots Shor's, a then famous New York restaurant and bar. During the course of the evening Topping and Yawkey agreed to trade Ted Williams for Joe DiMaggio, effectively settling god … Continue reading Wiliams For DiMaggio: The Answer To Everything
The End of Days
This piece was originally written and posted near the end of November, three years ago. I just thought that considering the progress we've made in that time, it would be delightfully ironic to look back at a period where we were so obsessed with trivial issues. How refreshing to know we're beyond all … Continue reading The End of Days
Intolerant Me
We have now, as a culture, reached a place where words in common usage have undergone an Orwellian transmutation. I realize that this is not a new phenomenon and that what I'm going to write about is not revelatory, but I thought that in the spirit of the upcoming holiday season I would try to … Continue reading Intolerant Me
Just Thinking 