Find a Safe Place The cats have taken to the high ground. They build bivouacs in the recesses of warm wooden salad bowls and hide out from dial tones and general solicitors. Your spidey-sense tells you that you’re under inspection but it takes a few moments to pirouette and periscope before you find the location …
Monthly Archives: July 2006
The Great American Smokeout We’ve had an impossible stretch of hot weather lately. Temperatures were in the hundreds all weekend. I had to fight the urge to usurp my neighbors kiddy pool. To make matters worse the neighbor, for fathers day, received a smoker. It’s some kind of grill attachment for the smoking of meats. …
R.I.P. Mickey SpillaneThe author of my all-time favorite literary ‘guilty pleasure’ has passed on. Three cheers to you Mickey. You’re the best.
Don’t Let That Kid Out Until We Return! The Good Doctor & his heroic wife Amy, welcomed their son baby Sam (aka Captain Smalls’) into the world last Thursday afternoon. He’s an amazing little person. Selfishly, the misses and I pleaded with Amy to hold off on the whole delivery thing until we got back …
Fun in The Flatlands The misses and I have returned from an ever-so-brief trip back to the Minnesota heartland. I got my first live peak at my niece, Baby Quinn! Highlights of the journey included: spending time with family, enjoying Quinn’s animated antics, viewing the Diane Arbus exhibit (amazing!!!!) at the Walker, seeing the newly …
The Devil Wears Leopardskin This weekend I began reading Jeffrey Tayler’s travel adventure Facing The Congo. It’s a gripping tale of his attempt to navigate up the Congo River in a pirogue. At the time of his trip (1995), the Congo (Zaire) is awash in corruption and Mr. Tayler can’t seem to complete a single …