There is a lot to unpack, if one is so inclined, in the sexual assault allegation raised by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. And mostly, I’m not. Inclined, that is. These are precisely the sorts of events that generate endless blow-by-blow nonsense that I’m no longer interested in consuming. … Read more
The End of the Road has arrived. The final* Kiss tour was announced Wednesday night on the America’s Got Talent season finale. Starting way back in the ancient times of 1994, I was a prolific poster on Hunter Goatley‘s Kiss mailing list. It was one of the first online things I was really enthusiastic about. … Read more
I got about as heavy a shot of Roman Catholicism as any Protestant kid ever gets, I reckon. I went to Catholic school. It was only for three years—fifth through seventh grade—but that’s plenty enough to get “the plot,” as George Costanza once put it. Middle school kids don’t have much to keep up with, … Read more