From The Shortstop’s Son. There are things that I try to remember; things that elude me. They squirt through my mind like drops of mercury, they haunt the corners of my peripheral inner vision, nagging yet reticent. I can remember …

Thanks to sometimes contributor (and dog lover) Steve Hofstetter

This is the story I told on on Tales from the South Tuesday evening. This is the Q & A portion of my appearance. Paula Morrell is the moderator. Thanks to everyone who came out. It really was a very …

I am so lazy. That’s 10:45 a.m.CST, y’all.

Your monkey is apologetic. Not much blog time lately because I’ve been getting ready for my Tales From the South gig tonight, which will mark the first time I’ve played guitar in public since 1996 or 1997. And I’ll have …

Now I get it.

Alex Gibney talks about the making of We Steal Secrets:The Story of WikiLeaks. The film, which is available on demand tomorrow (June 7) details the creation of Julian Assange’s controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history. …