Uncategorized
Arrested Development – season 4
(What better place to post this than saltinwound.com!) I watched the first episode the other day – the “Michael” episode – and I’m a bit disappointed so far, but for reasons that don’t seem to align with any of the commenters out there (not funny enough, too few character interactions, too many in-jokes on the […]
Robert Hazard and the Heroes and Me
Author’s note: This was first published in December, 1988 in issue #4 of Cubist Pop Manifesto, a fanzine I published with my college roommates at the time, Brian Welcker and Tom Hoffman. This story was one of the first things I had ever written that drew a response from people outside my immediate circle of […]
The Memory Hole (part 3)
I got Larry Marshall right as well. As I remembered, he was both the Eagles kick and punt returner – a bit unusual, as teams usually use two different players for these roles. He served this role for four seasons (1974-1977). According to pro-football-reference.com, he ranks #58 all-time for combined return yardage, though never scored […]
The Memory Hole (part 2)
Well, contrary to what neuroscience was leading me to expect, nearly all of my details check out. The main one that did not was my age – I figured I was 6, but actually I was just a few weeks shy of turning 8, so this hardly counts as one of my earliest memories. I […]
The Memory Hole
One time when I was in graduate school, a few of us students were sitting around the lounge talking about our earliest memories. A lurking professor, overhearing our conversation, observed that our recollections were dubious, at best. What we were more likely remembering were repeated stories or photographs or home movies – and not even […]
Crime and Incident Report
When I was in college, the best part of the student newspaper was the crime and incident report. 20 years later, the tradition lives on. Here is an item from today’s The Miami Student (Oxford, Ohio): Officials find male with head injury At around 2 a.m. Tuesday, Oxford Police Department (OPD) officers were dispatched to […]
Devolution
Yesterday I learned that during the gubernatorial administration that was in control when my son was between 1 and 9 years old, the word “evolution” was not permitted in any displays or exhibits at the New York State Museum here in Albany. Obviously I’m greatly disappointed by this, not simply because it happened but because […]
I need a hat
…for all-around general wear, and to keep the top of my head from getting too cold or too sunburned. A baseball cap, specifically. I’ve considered other styles, but all have their shortcomings. A fedora or trilby or pork-pie demands more global wardrobe changes. An Irish wool cap might be fine, except my son wears one. […]
Jack Silbert, curator