Carly & Me

I have a confession to make. I am the man Carly Simon is singing about in “You’re So Vain.” To be fair, I never did think that song was about me. It wasn’t until a few years ago, I was, for no apparent reason, perusing my scarf collection with a friend when she pointed to [...]

He’s back, and he came to play!

Welcome back! I’ve taken an extended hiatus from the blog due to a chronic condition (unemployment) that I developed back in January. Not to jinx myself, but things might be looking up for me in that department, and I thought I’d celebrate by engaging in an activity that I thoroughly enjoy: spouting off to you, [...]

Another welcome

Please welcome friend and co-worker Pete to the blogroll. This introduction serves two purposes: to plug my publication’s website, ThoroughbredTimes.com, and to promote our site’s new blog, of which Pete is the principle writer. If you’re into the Thoroughbred industry, or just have a healthy or unhealthy curiosity about it, dip your toes into Pete’s [...]

Please welcome…

Joe, the All-Star Thoroughbred Times intern, to the blogroll. Joe is a senior at Central Michigan University and spent the summer developing his journalistic chops here in beautiful Lexington, Ky. He’s a good egg, so if you visit his blog, please be nice. Oh, and I’m still stuck here at Camp X-mas.

Another welcome

Please welcome Rachel to the blogroll. True story: Rachel student taught my high school band during my senior year. She is the first person I ever met who was a composer (Wes was the second), thus putting to death the notion for me that composers were mainly dead people whose corpses were being robbed of [...]

Some changes, some additions

As you can see, I have transmogrified “Screaming at the Top of My Brain” into “Cranial Effluence” as the theme for this blog. Not only is it tighter, but, upon reflection, I must admit that as soon as I typed those words in the inaugural entry, I knew that’s what I should have named the [...]