Monthly Archive: September 2019

Science and Technology

September 12, 2019

Thursday Throughput for 9/12/19

I don’t think there are enough exclamation points out there for me to express how gob-smacking this is.

Culture / Feature / First Person / Philosophy

September 12, 2019

Little Miss Don’t Disappear

On my 100th post for Ordinary Times.

Culture / Feature / Food

September 12, 2019

The Worst Day: My Story of Poly Royal, 1990

Symposium: The shouts of “FREE BEER!!” were being drowned out by the new sounds of “FREE PIZZA!!!”

Uncategorized

September 12, 2019

Oh Man! Two Whiffs

“Gee whiz! But this is a hard course!”

Baseball / Feature / First Person / Food

September 11, 2019

Workin’ at the Pizza Shop

Symposium: Some of us just aren’t cut out for a career in America’s pizza-industrial complex

Food / Travel

September 11, 2019

Pizza in Rome

Symposium: Some years ago I took a short holiday to Rome. Perhaps not the pizza capital of the world, but at the very least the capital of the pizza capital.

2018 Elections / American Politics / Feature / Politics

September 11, 2019

Choose Your Own Narrative: NC-09 Special Election Edition

The last election of 2018, redone in 2019, that some folks desperately want to mean something for 2020. Be careful with the Bellwether.

Crime / Feature / In The Web / Law

September 11, 2019

Wednesday Writs for 9/11: Willie Francis is Executed, Twice

Writs are back this week, with the story of a prisoner who was executed twice, an ill-tempered judge throwing an ironic fit and another who appoints himself prosecutor, space law, the NFL lawsuit fumbles, dumb criminals and more.

Clare Briggs / Comics

September 11, 2019

When a Regular Needs a Friend

Culture / First Person / Food / Religion

September 10, 2019

Pizza In The Sticks

Symposium: Friday nights meant getting some pizza at the plaza and going home and eating it in front of the television instead of eating it at the table.

Education / Feature

September 10, 2019

On Memory, Pizza, Time and Gyro Meat

Our life is an 80-year long game of telephone we play with ourselves.

Business / Food / Realities of Practice

September 10, 2019

Chick-Fil-A: Whose Pleasure?

The problem with the pleasant and efficient Chick-fil-a service.

Clare Briggs / Comics

September 10, 2019

The Soda Clerk At Home

How about a little aqua pura?

First Person

September 9, 2019

Call Me Dr….

It has been a while since I last posted here. The last time I posted here, I had just started my PhD at the University of Warwick. This has now changed. I have officially...

2016 Elections / 2020 Election / American Politics / Politics

September 9, 2019

What Is the Purpose of Primaries

So, what’s the purpose of primaries anyway? Are they a process by which a political party selects its nominees, or is a function of the overall US election system?

Food

September 9, 2019

When New York Pizza Became Better than Chicago Pizza

Symposium: That was the pizza that pushed Chicago deep-dish out of the #1 spot & confirmed what I had suspected in 2018 – New York pizza is actually better.