By The Cathedral

Courtesy of MIT, a Flickr collection of photos of Boston-That-Was. I like this one, with all the neon signs.

All My Little Words

The page formerly known as The Larder has been re-named Messing About In The Kitchen. I was never entirely happy with the former title. While the Bagginses of Bag End might have a larder, and perhaps Mole as well, in his own home, the notion seemed a little too high-toned for my current and humble [...]

Good Old World

From Cooked Books: a menu from a 1975 dinner honoring Julia Child and James Beard. Very appropriate since tonight I’m cooking a Julia recipe.

And did you know that that today marks the 50th anniversary of Rio Bravo?

The Old Main Drag

Happy St. Paddy’s Day to you all. I trust you’re celebrating in fine fashion. Me, I’m going to celebrate by going to karate and having a few pints afterwards. But not at the local. I’m sliding comfortably into my ‘Get-off-the-lawn-you-darn-kids’ phase and the idea of rubbing of elbows with the crowds of twenty-somethings who generally [...]

The Modern World

Flying machines, old and new.

Son of the Return of Legends of the Dumb

OK, so neither myself or anyone else I knew actually gave credence to the story, but the tale of the Blue Ghost certainly qualifies as a legend of the dumb. I recall that in 4th grade as a class exercise we were all required to write to letters to the Blue Ghost, in hopes that [...]

I Want To Tell You

I may not have been posting much lately, but I have been cooking and reading. The appropriate pages have been updated.

I love a certain kind of obituary.

I meant to point this some time ago – more news regarding the Wollaston Theatre. It would really be nice if this deal went through; I would [...]

Party Train

I’m not really sure how may folks bother to read this blog anymore. I never had many readers in the first place.

I do know, however, that my sister not only reads Obscurorant 2.0 but becomes quite indignant when I fail to post on a regular basis.

So this one’s for you Meg. Enjoy!