The box office phones lit up today, a fire ignited by arts writer Ann Hicks’ A2 headline, “Rock ‘n Roll Heaven out of this world.” We’d been stacking fat lighter for over a month prior to opening night – two television appearances, diligent Facebook activity, print and radio ads, YouTube promo, feature articles (one wangled, […]
Rumor has it that Darwinian theory is falling out of favor in some mainstream scientific circles due to lack of hard evidence in support of it. A rival theory, equally unsupported but more to my liking, is devolution. “Forbidden Archeology” author Michael Cremo proposes in his new book “Human Devolution” that we’re beings of pure […]
My friend Peter Saputo’s Tryon, NC cottage sprung a leak a few months ago. The water came into his basement eight feet below grade and, judging from the stains it left behind, crested at about six inches. That was enough to ruin walls, flooring, furniture and pretty much everything else not made of plastic. Excavation […]
