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Three random karaoke songs I’d sing after a little bourbon

February 6, 2009 Music

The Seed by Cody Chesnutt
Because this is the catchiest, nastiest song from The Headphone Masterpiece. And because I might need a drunken excuse to sing the lyrics: "Push [...]

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Trawlin’ for scrap, suburban-style

February 1, 2009 Plinky Answers

Treasure hunter by Les Chatfield (Elsie esq.)
This past year I was given one of the strangest gifts I’ve received in quite some time, and the the more I think about it the more it makes me smile.
My folks gave me a metal detector. You know, the kind you use on the beach to find buried [...]

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When I realized I was a grown-up

January 24, 2009 Observations

I realized I was a grown-up when we brought my daughter home from the hospital. I walked upstairs and found my wife clipping the baby’s fingernails.
I remember thinking, “holy shit, that little thing can’t even clip her own fingernails” and realizing just how responsible we would have to be.
I had a similar realization when having [...]

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Why my hip-hop posse would include nothing but badass chefs

January 24, 2009 Observations

For some reason, I like the idea of my hip-hop posse consisting entirely of chefs. Perhaps because I’d like my own hip-hop name to be Foo-Dee.
Anthony Bourdain
because he’s a badass and I’d really like him to guide me around the globe, smoking and drinking along the way.
Mark Bittman
because he’s the one I’d like to actually [...]

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