Note: this is a recipe of industrial proportions. In lieu of microwave, consider preparing recipe in an old nuclear plant. INGREDIENTS 1 bank 3 dumpsters’ worth of blank checks 3 dumpsters’ worth of dirty checks 3 dumpsters’ worth of cashiers’ checks 1 trashcan forged checks
Some recipes defy categorization. This is a kitchen implement – a tool, if you will. Obtain a waxed paper bag. Use it to catch the inevitable vomit that occurs whenever you think about the sickening mess that passes for leadership. A Bill Barrf Bag comes
Just after Michael Cohen was sentenced, a funny thought occurred to me. What makes people like this? What ingredients go into a person that over the years become… Michael Cohen? I read a lot of U.S. news here, in Italy. I am not immune. I
Post offices in America tend to be the territory of older people, retired people. People who like to buy special keepsake/commemorative stamps. The odd younger person who might need to mail a box somewhere. Small business owners or part-time residents who keep P.O. boxes for
Friday marked our three-year anniversary of moving back to Italy. We arrived directly from Norman, OK to Florence, a city we both knew well, Jason very well. Eleanor and Victor were much smaller, but no less rambunctious. I returned to Italy with plenty of experiential
The funeral for Jason’s maternal grandmother, Catherine McFeron, is in Portland today. She passed last week at 94. Her life was rich and full, filled with plot twists and not a small amount of tragedy. Jason flew home alone for the funeral; I remained in
I rent office space in the TSH Florence Collab. I have my little desk, the corner from which I quietly reign, accorded special respect as the lone American in the joint with a job that the Italians find difficult to comprehend. (Product development and software?
Continuing with another personal care story from Europe. I won’t lie, I love red lip color. In my younger years I liked to use it French-style on the weekends in Seattle, just a fresh-scrubbed face and red lipstick. I read somewhere that it was a
Anyone here familiar with NaNoWriMo? I started it in November. Initial speed and volume were promising! It has since become NaNoDeJanFeWriMo (business trips, family illnesses, various accidents, work, time constraints). Fifty thousand words is a lot of words. I figure my story is about halfway
