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The band that can sell out Madison Square Garden every night for two weeks does not need me to advertise for them. Still the same, I do like to note noteworthy things. The musical Phish of Vermont travel to the … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2018
My favorite beverage growing up, without a doubt, was Great Bluedini Kool-Aid. When I was a kid I used to have an official Kool-Aid Man pitcher, and I filled it with that antifreeze-like product so often in time it was … Continue reading
The timeless and incomparable (insert other clichés here) Tony Bennett turned 92 years old this past Friday. He gave us the present, dropping another musical gem upon us like a gift from the gods. Just another day at the office for … Continue reading
Tuesday night my hometown Washington Nationals scored a franchise record 25 runs in their rout of the New York Mets. You can read about it here or just scroll down a little. Last night the Nats put up only 10 against … Continue reading
Touchdown, field goal, field goal, field goal, field goal. Those were the Nationals’ first five innings yesterday. Add a sixer in their last ups and you’ve got 25 runs, and a 25-4 thrashing of the New York Mets. You might … Continue reading
I used to think of the end of July as sort of the midway point of summer. You still had a whole month (and a little more) of summer left. Now, with school starting in early August (and back-to-school sales … Continue reading
This post has been coming for two or three years now. It’s sensitive, yes, but not time sensitive, and really could appear today or any day in the Trump era. Today just happens to be the day. Much of the … Continue reading
Losers of three out of four, my hometown Nationals have lost that All-Star Break glow surrounding the franchise only last week. Now two games below .500 and seven back of the Braves, at least they’re saving Papa John’s some money … Continue reading
It’s here. This is the summer event we’re really waiting for… Shark Week! Older than Twitter, older than Facebook, older than most people I know, Shark Week still dominates summer TV schedules three decades in. Thank God I’ve spent most … Continue reading
First, read this post. Turns out God isn’t getting five more minutes. He’s getting three years with the voice of Brent Musburger… as the voice of the Oakland (soon to be Vegas) Raiders. Yeah, seriously. I think I just became … Continue reading