Every day on my commute, I drive past a farm in northern Maryland. You can’t miss it. It’s the one with all the buffalo. Twin Springs Bison Farm not only serves as the home to the big animals – which…

I have always loved the ability to buy things on the Internet. With just a few clicks, you can have some new music on your computer or get yourself some new clothes or even pick out a new book to…

Because the one big piece of fiction I have written (attention agents – you can read it if you want!) revolves around the impact of music on the lives of people in their 20s, I could not resist picking up…

The band put out their second reissue this week as a new treatment of “Reckoning” hit the stores on Tuesday. The new disc also includes a concert from the ensuing tour. Strangely, I have not gone out and bought the…

I found Jonathan Tropper by accident. While scanning the shelves at a local bookstore for something to read, the cover for The Book of Joe caught my eye. I had never heard of the author, but found the summary interesting…

The good news just keeps flowing the way I see it. Delaware has started on the road to table games with the first ones expected by January. Sports betting is pretty much a done deal. I scoped out some good…

I have a decent background with Ireland. I traveled there once, did my senior thesis for college on Irish literature and have read several different books on the island’s history. Still, I almost didn’t read Morgan Llyewen’s historical novel 1949….

I could not believe my eyes. As I sat with my daughter to eat lunch at the Maryland Zoo 10 days ago, I thought I saw someone I knew. Since I grew up and now work in Baltimore, this should…

I have procrastinated posting this, but the boys of R.E.M. – well two of them at least – have started the process that will hopefully lead to the follow-up to Accelerate. Peter Buck and Mike Mills got together in Portland…

Sometimes the jokes just write themselves. I feel bad for the poor MillerCoors PR guy who had to announce this news. MillerCoors has recalled a batch of Coors Light in the Southeastern United States after taste tests at the company’s…