Man about clown. Cooks food. Writes stuff. Isn’t particular about his whiskey.

Recipes, writings, musical noodling, and general nonsense.

  • The Monsters Have Already Arrived (2001)

    I’ve always been fond of the Twilight Zone episode, “The Monsters are due on Maple Street”. In this particularly compelling short, a series of random blackouts cause a seemingly normal neighborhood to disintegrate into hysteria and distrust. The catalyst of this slice of residential life is a block-wide blackout and, in the beginning, the various…

  • The Monsters Have Already Arrived (2026)

    I’ve always been fond of the Twilight Zone episode, “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”. In this particularly compelling short, a blackout causes an Anytown, USA neighborhood to disintegrate into murderous hysteria. At first, the various homeowners congregate in the street to commiserate en masse. Community in action! Warms the heart right up. Alas,…

  • December

    Midnight came with Chinese fireworks pretending to be an artillery barrage. The attack was sudden and prolonged, filling the night with thunder and whines. Our forces have successfully defeated the year yet again, it seems. A hollow victory at best. Time remains undefeated.

  • Bartlesville

    Alright…so as some of you are aware it’s been a particularly rough few weeks for me (the details of which I’ll leave aside for the sake of this particular post), but as is in most bad things there were some lighter moments (An exceptionally dark-humored, but perfectly timed “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” reference…