Raised Relief
Let the Bluegrass Shake
When I see him, I’m going to walk up to Russ Smith and squeeze him.
Raised Relief
Notes from underground
You remember the durndest things when you’re hunkered down in the storm cellar.
Raised Relief
‘Things will be great when you’re Down-ton’
If I’m diligent and steadfast in my work today, I will reward myself with a guilt-free hour of public television this evening.
Raised Relief
I said, ‘Hey, what is going on?’
I may never fully recover from the psychic trauma visited on me by the insufferably zany be-dreadlocked band 4-Non-Blondes and their all-too-memorable charting single “What’s Up?”
Raised Relief
The unbearable lateness of being
Remember when “multi-tasking” actually meant something? Me neither.
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Crime Time
Ours is a culture whose preoccupation with criminality and justice has come to be, in clinical terms, fetishistic.
Raised Relief
Operation Black Hole
Sure, relaxing and spending quality time with my family and friends on Thanksgiving was pretty good.
Raised Relief
Schooled
Even though I was only 9 years old in 1986, I have been trying to ameliorate, forget or otherwise recover from one error in judgment that has dogged my every step for the past 25




