An epic tragedy: “Have you ever regretted reading a book? Which one and why?” The game: Raiders at Patriots The beer: Jack’s Abby Post Shift Pilsner The result: Win, 45–17 The record: 3–2 The headline: “Woo! You better watch that man standin’ there pointing the finga, just like a bee gettin’ ready to sting ya.” […]
Just see what you’ve done: “Have you ever liked a villain more than the hero? Who and why?” Week one The game: Patriots at Seahawks The beer: Riverwalk Legato Italian Pilsner The result: Loss, 13–10 The record: 0–1 The headline: “She was right in the rain of the bullets that eventually brought her down.” – […]
I’ve been an active blog-maker since August 5, 2005, initially at Blogger squaring off Biff! Bang! Pow! (Vol. 1) for fifteen years. My lead post, which likely took a month to write and another few days to publish, is an explanation to no one about why I was posting at all: So I’m a blogger […]
Boom goes the cannon: “List three books that have had an impact on you and why” Days-old daily prompt? Week-late Volume 16? It must be an election year! Two apostrophe-S authors drove much of the playlist this year. Joe Banks’s Hawkwind: Days of the Underground—Radical Escapism in the Age of Paranoia provides a sub-subtitle for our […]
The game: Jets at Patriots The beer: Ipswich Brown Square English-Style Brown Ale The result: Win, 10–3 The method: NFL+ The headline: “No one makes me close my eyes.” – Pink Floyd, “Echoes” The commentary: The less said about this one, the better. They should have! They should have made me close my eyes! Rhamondre […]
I know nothing about football and I know nothing about politics. What I do know is self-editing and, later, resurrection. See? “My relationship with the Biff! Bang! words you’re reading [was] troubled, and if the Pats weren’t such a goddamn winning machine I might have signed off altogether following the Beefheart crowning achievement.” It sucks […]
Full-on electric The game: Patriots vs. Seahawks The beer: Dogfish Head Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew Ale The result: (To be continued) The commentary: The most expensive beer of the year cost about fourteen dollars. It’s been so long now, with Dr. Jones finally standing in for Major Toht, that the details are fuzzy—a lot has […]
