I have decided that I need a nemesis.  An arch-enemy. There are people who don’t like me, of course (Crazy people.  I’m delightful.), but how banal.  How common.  And – most crucially – utterly useless for using as the source for all your misfortunes.  But a nemesis…now that’s interesting.  Car breaks down?  Sure, you’ve skipped […]

Bill: How do you respond to allegations that you have exceeded – Terry: Grossly exceeded. Bill – yes, grossly, massively exceeded your authority? President Me: That depends what you’re referring to.  Can you be more specific? Bill: Suspending the Congress? PM: Oh that, sure.  Okay, but I didn’t suspend them, see?  You media people; the […]

So the cold is all better, thanks for asking, and it has brought me to another realization on the absurdity of our bodies, if you’ll pardon the continuation of the theme, and a serious unleashing of my inner Andy Rooney.  The realization is this: the aging process, not to put too fine a point on […]

In the wake of my cold, I’ve come to the scientific conclusion that the human body is a ridiculous contraption.  Yes, it’s miraculous and all, but there are certain elements that clearly have not gotten the kinks worked out.  I am, of course, thinking of mucus.  I’ve been thinking of it a lot the last […]

So, I’ve been silent for a while now.  Shameful.  I’ve had this cold that went off like a bomb and it rendered me incapable of any actions except complaining and making noises that would give children nightmares. I don’t get sick very often, so when I do it is an exercise in hyperbole.  A catastrophe.  […]

First thing’s first in looking at the Beastie Boys’ second album, Paul’s Boutique:  If ten people tell you they loved the album when it first came out or even the first time they heard it, nine of them are flat out lying.  The tenth?  Crapshoot.  Paul’s Boutique was not a commercial success in any sense […]

A couple weeks ago I re-purchased Licensed To Ill, The Beastie Boys’ first album for the first time since buying the cassette when it first came out.  “Whoop-de-do,” you say?  Well, yes as a matter of fact: Whoop-de-do.  I’m a huge Beastie Boys fan, but have always retroactively ignored the first album because in part […]

So, one of my favorite places in the world is gone.  Berbati’s Pan in Portland, Oregon closed up for good in 2011.  Man, my favorite little Italian restaurant turned into a sports bar (and really, just in time because where oh where can someone go if they want to watch sports in a bar?), and […]