A post shared by Christo and Jeanne-Claude a few years ago caught my eye. I’ve known of his work, as do most artistically-inclined people, for decades, I realize that the late Christo and his equally late wife, Jeanne-Claude, and I have something in common. We...
Coffee and Books: An uncommonly common collective. When you are reading a particular novel, or poetry for that matter, do you choose your coffee accordingly? Should you? If you’re looking for the answer, I don’t know. Let’s explore what we do know....
Driving a long ways a few summers back, I borrowed a very overdue CD from the library. It was a collection of Billy Joel’s greatest hits, and included The Entertainer. Joel reconciles his job is not as a poet or anything noble. He is an entertainer. While he may...
George Braque, a pioneer of Cubism alongside Picasso, shattered the way we see objects. Born in 1882, he started with Impressionism but was captivated by the Fauves’ bold colors. By 1907, his work fragmented, becoming the foundation of Cubism. He deconstructed...
My agent can be hard on me sometimes. She expects me to crank out funny things each day. She’s critical when I drink coffee, and she’s just as critical when I want to stop by the pub. It’s difficult. Deadlines, monkeys, coffee, and an agent who never...
https://www.instagram.com/brockeim/ It is a brave new world, social media is. It isn’t so new, but here we are, doing relationships using pictures. Is this what the cave dwellers were doing in the Lascaux Cave? At any rate, Instagram, I’m here. Yeah, I...
Hollywood? Not exactly. I was nowhere near Hollywood. I was drinking coffee in a dusty cafe where I was the only one… except the barista. She smiled. I smiled. You know how it goes. An email comes through the pipeline. “We saw your review. Let’s...
Just because someone is a jerk doesn’t mean they are wrong. Milk takes the bitterness from coffee. Why are wallets called wallets, and boxers called boxers? Browse the...
Charlie Brown, Dandelions, Brats If Charlie Brown fought Dennis the Menace, one stipulation would be no slingshots, and no tag-teaming with Football Lucy or Joey “The Mauler.” Dandelions are underrated. Roses are overrated. Tulips, though, are fairly...
Look Mom, No Hands! The dust is settling. Broken links have been fixed. Outdated material chucked. A new design to freshen the space. Some new things, too. New reviews. Some fun new bits of nonsense are on the way. I’ve gotten back on the bike and am starting to...
