We recently spent a two weeks in England and Scotland, and though I won’t recall all the details for you here (It’s been documented), I will answer one question I’ve been asked a number of times since our return. “What did you like most about the trip? What was your best moment?” That’s always a Read More …
Here are few stats from our trip. Number of times people hit head on bathroom door: David: 8 Dave: 22 (at least) Others: 0 It was not a boat for tall people, and I measure only six feet. Still I managed to give myself multiple lacerations on the top of my head simply by going Read More …
We pushed off in the morning and went east from Silsden towards the Leeds end of the damage (#leedstoliverdamage), and there were no more problems with the wind and no more moments of danger. The swing bridges cooperated too and we passed easily down the canal with Linda and Allison giving me a break on Read More …
Allison couldn’t sleep so she was up at 3:30 reading and browsing the internet. Around 4:30 she started looking at a map of the canal. It wasn’t a small map and thus required a lot of folding and unfolding and this made not a little bit of noise. I woke up. “Can’t you sleep?” “No, Read More …
We moored in Skipton on the first night and had a lovely meal at the Wooly Sheep. I recommend it next time you’re in the area. The Braised Blade of Beef is particularly excellent or in the words of Ferris Bueller, “It is so choice.” With stomachs full, more drinks were in order so we Read More …
After months of nights at the George where our English friend, Michael, repeatedly attempted to persuade us, we relented and decided to rent a boat on the Leeds to Liverpool canal in North Yorkshire. There would be six of us—three couples—Michael and Linda, David and Kris, and Allison and myself. During one of our last Read More …
I saw a video posted online in which a marine burned Colin Kaepernick’s Jersey while playing the Star Spangled Banner and saluting it as if it were an American flag. He called it the Burn Colin Kaepernick Jersey Challenge and invited others to do the same. He’s within his rights, of course, to do such Read More …
I saw in the news that some scientists think they might have figured out how Lucy died. I couldn’t help but smile. Not because Lucy died, mind you, but rather because she was in Horse Bite. In the opening chapter, I wrote about Lucy, Australopithecus afarensis, evolutionary celebrity, and contrasted her with a possible love Read More …
I’d never heard of Christopher Hitchens until sometime last year while doing research for my next book. The Music Book had been out for a while and I was originally thinking my next work would be a collection of short stories based around holidays. I’d written a few already and one, Condoms on Christmas, had Read More …
A few years ago the DJs from the Mens Room on KISW partnered with Elysian Brewing to create a beer, Mens Room Original Ale, and they asked their listeners to participate in a contest to be the spokesperson for the beer. All one had to do was create a thirty second video featuring the beer Read More …