The Schrug

I am loving the debate about my alleged traffic violation. I’ve been picked up by UniversalHub and even “the papers.” Most blog posters seem to think I’m in the wrong, but I think the law is clearly on my side when it comes to making a left turn across a double solid yellow line. The [...]

I arrived a few minutes before 9:00 AM at the Waltham District Court and got the last parking space behind the building. I passed through the metal detector and promised to keep my cell phone turned off. I had forgotten to bring the instructions they had mailed me, so I wasn’t sure at first where [...]

1568: Mary Queen of Scots was defeated at the Battle of Langside and immediately fled to North England. 1607: Jamestown founded. 1846: The United States formally declared war on Mexico after several days of fighting. 1938: Louis Armstrong and his orchestra recorded the New Orleans’s jazz classic, When the Saints Go Marching In, on Decca [...]

I found the following “novel” in a box of childhood memorabilia. It appears to have been written in stages (often one sentence at a time) between September 13 and December 16, 1974. I was seven. Illustrations are credited to David Schrag, Erik Rosado, and Pike Porter, classmates of mine at the now-defunct Walden Elementary School [...]

In case you were wondering what they’ve got me doing to rehab my knee, this will give you a rough idea. I’m not perfectly in line with the protocol. I’m not doing any pool work, for example, and I was already on the exercise bike one week post-op instead of waiting until week four. I feel like [...]

I turn 40 tomorrow. Others in my situation have celebrated by obtaining a new set of golf clubs, a sports car, or a mistress. I got myself a new blog and a facebook page. (I started with a MySpace page, but I was quickly informed by my sister Sarah that MySpace is for “pedophiles, stalkers, and twelve-year-old [...]