Organizing Grievances

You have no idea how happy this makes me. Gang of Four. "He'd Send In the Army" "I Found That Essence Rare"

1# ground lamb 1 sweet onion A good number of mushrooms 2 cups beef broth 1.5 TBS butter 2 TBS flour 1 TBS cornstarch Half bag of tat...

I'll be headed down in a little bit for the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. I'm sad, but not sur...

...of blogging with others who (whom? Jesus, I should know this) I find palm-swea-inducing, intimidatingly smart. Solidcitizen asked me if...

If you're thinking that a double live album by Jane's Addiction would totally be worth $28, please think again. Not only does i...

That moment at work where you realize you are working on the right things, but approaching them with all the wrong assumptions. Consid...

Hey. Solidcitizen texted me last night asking me if I'd consider writing again at the OG, and then told me to take a gander. It could ...

Today I attended my institution’s first-ever new lecturer orientation. It was kinda awesome for a number of reasons. First, talk about...

I am having a dickens of a time blogging on the blogspot on my ipad. I cannot upload photos or youtubes. Any thoughts about transferring to ...

Large gentleman in front of me at the Starbucks wearing a bright blue Adidas shirt, shorts, socks, sandals (hey, that's my look!). As he...

What is solid up to on this fine Sunday, you are probably asking yourself. I'm making smoked pork neck chili, drinking Modelo Especials,...

There are three reasons that Paul Simon's Graceland the first album played on my new record player. 1. It reminds me of Lex. He taught ...

I think you all would have been proud of me today. I went into a ridiculous work situation armed with nothing more than a fake smile and ...

People who know me understand why I am going to end up here for dinner tonight despite my best intentions. Yes, I love me some fried chick...

Is it going to get worse as it gets better? Yes.  That's a pretty abstract statement, what does it mean? The path out of depressi...

It feels a bit like we here at the OG are on somewhat of a similar trajectory, no? Lex writes about returning to grad school and I find my...

How does one return to one's birthplace after one has long since read and accepted Thomas Wolfe's You Can't Go Home Again ? Th...

In the spirit of "tweeting longer,"which was the informal pledge I made when I asked to re-join our little community, I am going t...

I'm at a conference in Atlanta. As is my habit when visiting a hotel room, I like to peruse the city guidebooks that are often provided ...

It's good to blog again.  Even just conjuring the ghost of the OG's once-estimable audience frees me up from the perils of whatever ...