Innocents and Accidents, Hints and Allegations

Pure Slush's 2014 story cycle, like the year itself, draws to a close, and as these 31 tales tumble to violent and sad and hopeful fini...

Matt Potter, who is fair and just and nice to old people, has seen fit to publish a story of mine, "One Eleven", on Pure Slush her...

So This Blog, as Charlie Pierce so elegantly puts it, is one year older as of yesterday, Eastern Time (Australians, you're on your own)....

The immortal Garon Cockrell, king of the Britons, defeater of the Saxons, sovereign of all England, has generously agreed to festoon his sit...

We have it on good authority that the album review referenced previously in this space is now well and truly posted here. Management apolog...

The undeniably Garon Cockrell has seen fit to publish a review of mine here, this lady continues killing it wherever she writes, and the 2...

Here is where Garon Cockrell, friend to all mankind, has seen fit to publish This Blog's review of Steve Almond's new book, "A...

Here resides a series of interview questions about Pure Slush's "2014" book series, wherein your humble scribe is quoted.

The inimitable Garon Cockrell of the website Pop Culture Beast has seen fit to publish a concert review of mine here. Go forth and consume...

Ten Things, People, And Concepts That Are Neither X Ray Nor Xylophone, The Two Things Children's Books Always Use For X: 1. Red Sox infi...

Weather and weather forecasting has always fascinated me. My father always said that weather forecasts beyond 48 hours are nonsense, and exp...

Does it bother anyone else that there are veteran's charities? Since we broke these people, shouldn't we, the people of the United S...

"Angel of Harlem " is one of my very favorite songs. U2 got a lot of crap for this album (and for the accompanying film), and I do...

One of my new favorite songs, "Richard Manuel Is Dead."

The late Erwin Schrodinger, an Austrian physicist, once proposed a puzzle (a thought experiment, neither he nor I actually killed any animal...