“See… that right there… is what it’s all about. Laboring in obscurity. Starving and struggling. The man who embraces his mediocre nothingness… shines greater… than any.”
Keanu Reeves
Jun
9
In his will, composer Dudley Donegal O’Day left his entire library (including originals of his finished and unfinished orchestral works) to the University of Vermont. While cataloguing O’Day’s collection in January 2022, University of Vermont volunteer music historian Mirabella Reid discovered, stuffed inside many pages of ‘The Life of Mendelssohn’ by Peter Mercer-Taylor, an unpublished […]
Sep
23
(originally ranted 4/6/2012) The other day I had a long drive to make so I rented a car. I treated myself to Sirius Radio and therefore spent seven hours flipping back and forth between four different comedy channels. Two stints of three and a half hours of nothing but stand-up comics. When I finally […]
Sep
22
(ordinally posted 5/3/2021) Sergeant Maximilian “Max” Roberts saw what was happening and didn’t like it one bit. The men in the 16th Infantry Regiment, days away from their participation in the landing at Omaha Beach, had walked into the makeshift ballroom set up by the USO and had scattered to the corners of the […]
Sep
21
(first appeared at www.headstuff.org 8/26/14) To whom it may concern RE: The disappearance of Abigail Petty To all concerned parties, this is my account of the events leading up to the disappearance of Abigail Petty, known henceforth as Abby. From this point forward, I will stop attempting to sound formal and just tell […]
Sep
20
Rich men scurry around, pretending that money does not buy happiness. Because that’s the climate we live in. But everyone knows the truth. In the end, money never has to worry about if these fervent believers will ever put anything before the pursuit of it. And coveting? You bet your ass that these men covet. […]
Sep
19
(originally posted 1/29/2013) Whenever I see someone with no legs I wonder if in the back of their mind they expect to one day find them again. I was going to say “stumble upon them” but given they have no legs I didn’t think it was the appropriate word. What I’m saying is that […]
