They do not love you
The problem with Robert Appelbaum’s book Working the Aisles: A Life in Consumption lies with me. Read the rest of this entry »
Wait until next year
Putting off what could be done tomorrow, today
October 23, 2014
A walk to the station #12
You didn’t think I’d given up on this, did you? Read the rest of this entry »
October 17, 2014
Peter, Pale and Mary
There is something a little intimidating about beers from the Mikkeller brewery. They feel like serious beers, as they are what all the proper, seasoned beer geeks rave about. There is intimidation and excitement. It is not unlike listening to free jazz or reading Infinite Jest for the first time. It might not be a comfortable experience. You might not like it. You might not get it. And that might make you question your own taste, in the widest sense of the word. Read the rest of this entry »
October 17, 2014
A walk to the station #11
This morning I pass a house with a large sheet hung outside the upstairs window. Painted on the sheet in red paint is the legend HAPPY *40TH* BOB. Read the rest of this entry »
October 16, 2014
A walk to the station #10
I see a milk float this morning. This is the first time in a long time I’ve seen a milk float. An actual milk float, pulling up by the side of the road, and an actual milkman delivering milk. Read the rest of this entry »
