Category Archives: Kewel!

I might even have to crack open that case of Sam Adams I’ve been seeing in the garage fridge all week for this one. The Nuclear Renaissance Begins If you’re tracking the nuclear power revival in America, last Tuesday, September … Continue reading →

Week 5 It seems that you didn’t like the diet last week. Guess I’ll just have to up the poundage today. Sadly though, all I have are cutlets. No steaks or roasts. But they’re veal, baybay. We’ll start y’all off … Continue reading →

Belgium is leading by example. Belgium! In Belgium, it is business as usual. Trains run, the prime minister greets visiting foreign leaders, social security benefits are paid and the country’s famed bureaucracy functions unabated. If everything seems normal, it is … Continue reading →

On Saturday morning I drove up into the neighborhood surrounding the University of Washington to meet with a guy named Joseph about the possible purchase of his Jeep Cherokee. After getting stuck in traffic because of an inspection taking place … Continue reading →

In case you haven’t heard already, Ken Burns’ look at World War II “The War” premieres tonight on your local PBS station. You can go here for the official website

Black and Blue and straight all over. Pics and the low-down on the morrow. Now that I’m sorted for vehicles again, I’ve decided to be like Joe and put this on my official Christmas list w/The Wife Video: VIP Protection … Continue reading →

Week 4 Looks like you’ve gained some weight. Actually, my hope is that your CD collection has done so. This week we’ll begin hearing from my favorite of the Hammond B3 musicians, Big John Patton In 1966 he released the … Continue reading →

Well, not living now, it’s extinct. But it did live, with both wings and winged feet. That’s just awesome. h/t Impearls.

Week 3 Taking a cue from last week’s selection, we change it up to when Lonnie Smith wasn’t a band leader. In 1968 saxophonist Lou Donaldson released his Midnight Creeper album and everyone got just a little more soul. We’re … Continue reading →