How Few Thoughts a Brain Holds 5

by | Apr 16, 2001 | Essays

Chinese airplane bumper cars, Microsoft’s Passport revoked, BC forgets to bring the funny, the NBA tries to get “in the zone,” and the hubris of dot-commers remembered with a sad shake of the head and roll of the eyes. I’m probably the only...

How Few Thoughts a Brain Holds 4

by | Feb 6, 2001 | Essays

Thus spake Zarathustra: Any commentary on 2001 shall include a Green Bay Packer with mouse ears, Dubya’s elevation to the presidency, a rash of dot-com deaths, and the latest in Microsoft idiocy. And so it was written. I’m imagining the commercial would go...

Let’s Be Careful Out There

by | Dec 9, 2000 | Essays

I live my own episode of COPS. Guns, drugs, busts, sirens, traffic stops. An average night in the life of a Salem Police officer, an adrenaline rush of major proportions for me. Kudos and thanks to the men and women in blue. December 8-9, 2000 8:30 PM: I’m...

Election 2000: Winners and Losers

by | Dec 4, 2000 | Essays

It was a time of marvelous political theatre if only for the reason that the suspense was thick and the losers plentiful. We won’t get it this good ever again. Winners None spring to mind. Email me if you think of any. Losers Yeah, we’ve got those in...

Election 2000: Brains on Display

by | Oct 31, 2000 | Essays

I attempt the political punditry equivalent of Evel Knievel’s jump over the Snake River. Will I land safely on the other side by successfully predicting presidential election returns for all 50 states plus the District of Columbia? Or will my guesses turn out to...