I don’t really remember how I came to find “Winesburg, Ohio.” I think I was looking for some information on the TV show “Ed” and why it isn’t on DVD and came across a reference to the book. If I…

In a couple of weeks, R.E.M. will release what it calls a definitive retrospective on their 31-year career, “Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982-2011.” The band’s website has started a number of initiatives to promote the release…

I spent a little time over the weekend catching up on Hawaii Five-O. For a variety of reasons (Monday Night Football, being old), I tend to wait for the show to build up a few episodes and watch a bunch…

I always approach a Douglas Coupland book with a little trepidation. I have liked the ones I have read, but always worry that 12 pages of random numbers in the middle or the same word in eight different font sizes…

We have not had the opportunity to go see a movie for a while now. The times we have had a chance have not lined up with anything we have wanted to see for a few months. That doesn’t really…

I love our basement. Even though it is unfinished, has cold concrete floors in the winter and leaks sometimes when it rains, I love the place. Because of the way our house is laid out, the basement is one of…

I loved hearing the news earlier this year that Colorado-based brewer New Belgium would bring its products to Maryland in 2011. I love their well-known Fat Tire Ale and look forward to bootlegging it since Pennsylvania was not on the list…

My commute drives me crazy sometimes. In order to avoid highways until the last possible second, I spend a lot of time on windy two-lane roads. I like this because I drive a consistent speed most of the time and…