So it’s been almost three weeks (I think) since I last posted anything on this blog. Can I briefly mention my distaste for the word “blog”? It sounds like something swollen and gelatinous (blob) or wet, smelly, and possibly full of long-preserved dead bodies (bog). And when you precede it with the word “my” as in “my blog” it sounds like you’re referring to your misshapen evil twin, the result of your father’s secret experiment gone awry, or something. “It wasn’t me chasing you that n...

Somehow, in the last year or so, I’ve welcomed late-night TV into my life. I began suffering from insomnia around the time I found out I was going to be a dad (I’m sure that’s coincidental), and so I began staying up later and later, usually watching TV. At first, I was disturbed by what I found on the dial after midnight, but now I’m just fascinated. I should point out that we do not have cable. So the late night television I’m watching is all network TV. In other words, it’s the scum...