So on Sunday night, December 23rd, the night before Christmas Eve, I felt the urge for a midnight snack.
I foraged through my refrigerator and found eggs and chicken and apple sausages.
Cool! This was gonna be fun. I was going to make a simple meal of scrambled eggs and grilled chicken and apple sausages with ketchup on the side.… Continue Reading
So why do so many rock stars commit suicide? I was pondering this question tonight as I watched a YouTube video of Chris Cornell from Audioslave singing “Like A Stone,” from 2002. It’s a great song, and Cornell’s voice is eerie and pained.… Continue Reading
Authoritarianism, demagoguery and Xenophobia have swept the world over the past decade or so. China and Russia are ruled by their leaders with an iron fist, and dissent is viciously crushed. Far right leaders have also been elected in several key eastern and central european nations, from Hungary and Poland to Austria.… Continue Reading
I’ve just launched a new podcast, Generation X at Night, on Podbean.com. I’ll be delivering the same great takes on news, politics, music, food, sports and culture as I do on this blog. It’s just a new platform to showcase the Generation X perspective.… Continue Reading
I’m from New York City. I grew up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. When I was a kid, the hottest music out there was hip hop. 80’s and 90’s pop and rock were also big.
What most definitely wasn’t big was Bluegrass music from the Appalachian Mountains.… Continue Reading
Today I made Stuffed Cheeseburgers for the first time. I had ground beef in the fridge, and a large block of cheddar cheese, and I was thinking about grilling cheeseburgers and having them on English muffins.
But then, as if from the heavens, a culinary lightning bolt struck me, and I thought, why not try those stuffed cheeseburgers you see on the TV food shows?… Continue Reading
Former President Barack Obama broke his nearly two-year silence today and delivered a fiery speech explicitly criticizing President Trump and calling him out for views and policies that Obama said were racist, sexist and xenophobic.
The former President delivered his speech at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to a packed house of students.… Continue Reading
It’s been 7 months since Dolores O’Riordan of The Cranberries died. I loved her music so much that I’m reposting a love letter I wrote to her upon her death.
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Dolores O’Riordan died on Monday. She was 46, she was the lead singer of the Cranberries, and she was one of my heroes.… Continue Reading
So on Tuesday night I was petting my cat Copper in the usual way, which is where I lay on the bed, drape my arms over the side, and pet her while she’s on the floor. She has a fear of being on elevated furniture, so she doesn’t come on the bed a lot.… Continue Reading
So it’s been about ten months since I adopted my cat Copper from the animal shelter, and I think it’s a good time to reflect on what’s happened.
Copper spent the first three years of her life living in a cage at the shelter, and I can only imagine what that did to her psyche and her heart and mind.… Continue Reading