On a Lighter Note…
Story pitch: Behind the scenes, secretly and heroically, a selfless former President leans into his own clichés to create space for his political party to disengage from him. Sacrificing his own aspirations, he masterfully appears to stumble over his reputed faults because he realizes it is the only way to hand off the torch of…
John Loughlin interviews Ed Cabral on WaterFire’s Salute to Veterans and Michelle Cruz on Trinity Rep’s community engagement.
Wordle is good, but Quordle is better.
John Loughlin speaks with Dr. Tim Shafman on colorectal cancer, Jack Posobiec of Human Events on Ukraine, and Greg Vespe on saltwater fishing.
We just got in from the whole family shoveling snow, with some drifts up to three-and-a-half feet. Here’s the recovery formula: Six ounces of mid-roast Starbucks espresso out of the machine Mix in a shot (or so…) of Mister Katz’s Rock & Rye whisky Put on Miles Davis Kind of Blue Light a candle Choose to…
In fact, in my admittedly short experience with whiskeys, it may be my favorite of any style. (Subject to revision, of course!)
If I were a teacher or professor of creative writing, I’d save headlines like the following from a WPRI story by Melanie DaSilva for class assignments. English is wonderful for ambiguities, which makes it an excellent language in which to embed two, three, or even four layers of subtext, but a sometimes-challenging language with which…
I have to admit that I found Kenneth Singletary’s write-up for the Boston Globe about a Saturday Night Live skit involving Rhode Island to be more humorous than the skit itself: Singletary plays the straight man (that’s a comedy term, for the woke out there) with his straight-news report: Strong looks worried. The newscast continues.…
According to Daily Wire (first discovered by Barstool), Comedy Central doesn’t find a particular episode of the sitcom The Office funny after all. The episode is famous for its politically incorrect storyline which features boss Michael Scott (Steve Carrell) forcing the paper company staff to participate in a racial diversity seminar where he speaks in…