2024.11.DisappearingMoment: Surrounded by Kittens
If the world is ending, I want to be surrounded by kittens when it happens. Sleeping Marty, JoJo, and Lloyd (top to bottom) Sleepy Marty, JoJo, and Lloyd...
2024.10.DisappearingMoment: A Touch Under 7%
What are the odds that the worst human was born between 1878 and 1893? The world population in 1945 was about 2.4 billion. If 117 billion people have been...
2024.09.DisappearingMoment: I Was ChatGPT
“A device that permits people who haven’t anything to do to watch people who can’t do anything.” That was comedian Fred Allen's description of... television...
2024.08.DisappearingMoment: Po-Mo Baseball
I stopped following the news and renounced social media in 2012. I stopped following sports in 2016. Over the past couple of years, I let myself start...
2024.07.DisappearingMoment: Vegan Cheesesteaks
My favorite record review is about Slint’s Spiderland. Melody Maker ran it in 1991. Steve Albini wrote it. I thought about that review when I decided to...
2024.06.DisappearingMoment: No Futzing
I always wanted my hair to be different. A lot of us felt that way. Many still do. I wanted to look like Kelly from the Bad News Bears. Like Ace Frehley, the...
2024.05.DisappearingMoment: Luxury in My Shorts
Something you can do for the people you love is prepare a letter of instruction. Like other elements of estate planning, it makes mourning a bit easier. No...
2024.04.DisappearingMoment: Delta → Dynamite
Reading. Everything about it. Right‽ You wouldn’t be here otherwise. Our intrinsic pleasure is modulated by texts. Good writing enlivens us. Jargon sends us...
2024.03.DisappearingMoment: RIP Merle
Merle (2012-03-21 – 2024-03-21) The photo of Merle links to a short video. Turn up your volume to hear Merle purr. Welcome to March 2024’s Disappearing...
2024.02.DisappearingMoment: Watch Sifan Hassan Run
I’ve had some minor aches and injuries over the past few months. Nothing terrible. More like the Henny Youngmann joke. No long or fast running for a little...