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  • 16 Years

    16 Years

    It may only be a week since I came back to WordPress after a rather long layoff, but I was shocked when I got a notification while working under-the-hood on the site that today is my 16th anniversary blogging here! My first post all those years ago was about Roger Clemens lying about his steroids…

  • Crook Manifesto

    Crook Manifesto

    There are few things I enjoy more than reading Colson Whitehead. From the first time I read Whitehead talk about his experience playing in the World Series of Poker for Grantland (pours one out), I knew that I had found a kindred soul. The way he talked about poker and the people who played the…

  • The Return Of The Blog

    I am so back, baby!  To blogging that is. If there was a theme to whatever-the-hell 2023 was, I would say it was the year when the social internet started to fracture. While it’s easy to assign most of the blame on one belligerent billionaire for destroying Twitter, I think there has been a growing…

  • A fool’s love

    I got into a lengthy discussion today about the merits of chasing a creative life well into adulthood vs. starting a family and settling down. My contention is that it’s perfectly feasible for some people to both have a fulfilling creative life – in any of the arts – and also start a family, but…