Impotently roaming through Canada
We took the shortcut John Steinbeck couldn’t. And it wasn’t because he didn’t have Mapquest. It was because he had a dog. Steinbeck, once seeing Niagara Falls, had hoped to scoot west across southern...
View Article12 Days of Christmas, desert style
On the first day of Christmas the desert gave to me: A woodpecker on a telephone pole. On the second day of Christmas the desert gave to me: Two turtle doves, or some kind of doves, anyway, or maybe...
View ArticleTales of debasement: Living 6 feet under
One of the disadvantages of living six feet under – aside from the lack of sunlight, of which we’ve already spoken – is the worms. I measured the other day and determined that the entrance to the...
View ArticleReynolds: The man, the smokes, the legacy
So he played a big role in getting a nation hooked on cigarettes. So he was the richest man in the state of North Carolina. So he was the sort of fat cat businessman from whom I tend to initially...
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