The Severed Cortex

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7:15 this morning he cranks up the powerwasher and starts cleaning the patio. I'm sort of sorry that I have to go to work today. I really want to know what this latest project is. more »

I was gone all weekend and was surprised to come back Sunday afternoon and find my neighbor had not mowed his grass. Nancy informed me that on Saturday he was working on his deck. I did notice a stack of lumber on his patio that had been painted the sa… more »

Who says there's nothing good to come from unemployment? Unemployment in Britain in the 1970's spawned one whole genre and revived another one. The obvious new genre was punk, but the revived genre was the ska movement most commonly known as the 2-Tone… more »

Nancy, who is working from home today in order to get some research done, has just e-mailed me to let me know that my neighbor is powerwashing his deck this afternoon. Keep in mind that the forecast calls for thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. more »

Wu Tang had a lot of talent, that goes without saying, but from a pure music savvy none hold a candle to RZA. RZA, while still cranking out the occasional release, has turned to the movie score business where the art of songwriting often comes packaged… more »

This morning I walked out to the back yard. My neighbor was standing on his back patio with a cup of coffee in his hand, staring straight down at his lawn. Now, normally I wouldn't post anything about something as innocuous as that, but when I got home… more »

I can't say that I'm a huge David Halberstam fan, but I do know a good baseball writer when I see one. I read Teammates a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. Heck, it's not really even a baseball book other than the fact the characters are all f… more »

by John McPhee There are very few books about towboats; so few that I feel compelled to write one. I really kick myself for not writing about my experiences more when I was out there. The problem is that the monotony of towboats is not enough to war… more »

Nancy, who has taken the day off today to plant flowers, has just reported to me that my crazy neighbor is outside this morning raking errant leaf, twig, and grass. For those that are dying to know, he is purportedly wearing a shirt. more »

Forty-one years old. Seems really old. Nancy took me out to dinner last Friday to eat sushi at Wasabi on Washington Avenue. The sushi was very good, but not anything any different from any other sushi place in town. Tonight Nancy took me to eat a… more »

Please click here (or click on the My Crazy Neighbor category) for information I back posted about my neighbor. Today, my neighbor mowed his grass with the mulching attachment, not the bagger. He did so without wearing a shirt, which is not to say th… more »

By this scoring system I fall dead center on being a borderline asshole. Just based on the previous post alone, this will come as no shock to those who know me. more »

Judging by the reaction from both co-workers and my wife, it's still too early to make a Va Tech joke. In case you disagree with them, here's a few for you. more »

Isn't the internet the greatest thing in the world? more »

It doesn't get any more happy pop than this and for me it's impossible to be in a bad mood after listening to this record. If you're in a bad mood I recommend popping this little baby in the CD player. I didn't own a whole lot of albums when I was a… more »

(Credit to co-worker Steve Dolinar for alerting me to this) So apparently living through the bombing of Dresden and speaking out against war relegates you kook/irrelevant status. Maybe I exaggerated some about Vonnegut being the most important writer… more »

Wonder how long CNN's been sitting on this obit. I only knew her from To Tell The Truth days when it was in syndication. I'm only aware of the crappy game show because my parents used to watch it. Kitty Carlisle was so old then that I had no idea who… more »

This post is back posted due to information recently received. I actually posted on 4/22, but this occurred on 4/17. Nancy worked from home this day and reported that in the late afternoon, my crazy neighbor was administering fertilizer to his yard. more »

Trippy psychadelic droning political music. Vietnam had tons of protest artists. All we have for the Iraq war is The Dixie Chicks, Steve Earle, and these guys. Lifted straight out of the sixties. more »

I don't even know where to go with this. Here's a YouTube commercial. more »

Obviously there are certain times where you have to cut the grass and today was that day out here in suburbia. That includes my neighbor. It has been eight days since his last cutting and I'm sure it's been gnawing at him. I saw him standing on his ba… more »

We actually hung out with Robert right before we went on the cruise, but I never got around to writing about it. Robert had gotten in a little trouble and Nancy and I picked him up to eat dinner with us. I was not pleased with him and we played good co… more »

The movement controls are a little clunky but dressing up in a pinata while your co-workers wail on you with bats is pretty funny. Don't forget to play strip poker with Carl while you're here. more »

Instead of posting the CNN obituary which was probably written years ago I'm sure, I'm posting this reprint of the 1969 New York Times review of Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five. For some asinine reason, CNN does not have the Vonnegut obituary on their fr… more »

Pro Football has it's share of loonies. The Raiders are obviously the world leaders, but there are others. The Redskins have the Hawgs and Cleveland has the Dawg Pound, but the Saints have them all beat with Supa Saint. more »

Every once in awhile you run into something that's just wholly unclassifiable. I only own a handful of those types of CD's, but that's exactly what Mike Dillon's GoGo Jungle is. Actually, this CD is so out there that unclassifiable is still sort of put… more »

If you're bored you can either click on the link above, click on the Travel category to the right, or search for Caribbean. I back posted them on the days we would have been traveling. Unfortunately I can't sort it in reverse date order so just scrol… more »

The Attorney General loses his lawyer on a Friday afternoon in a thinly veiled attempt to avoid the news cycle. For an administration that hates everything Clinton, they sure don't mind using many of his tricks. This can't be good for Gonzalez and he's… more »

I've been thinking about doing this for quite some time, but today finally showed me that I definitely have to do this. I've decided to start a new category called My Crazy Neighbor where I post each time that he mows his yard. My neighbor, whose name… more »

Imagine actually having the time to do this. more »

Darren 'Dutch' Daulton Bill 'Spaceman' Lee Ms. J Worthington of 9 Sussex Lane, Gloucester is correct when she says the entire panel are loony. more »

Welcome to Chicago Lou Pinella. On a day when Tribune Corp. says they have a buyer for your sorry excuse for a team, you hand them the kind of thing they're buying ... more losses. more »

This guy hit 28 home runs and knocked in a club record 117 RBI's two years ago. So why designate him for assignment. A club has to be real pissed off at someone in order to do this, but in the case of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays you can never rule out p… more »

by Brad Snyder I learned a great deal from this book. I was under the impression that Curt Flood was traded, refused to go to the new team, filed a lawsuit, and it was settled before the start of the season. Not true. Not even close to true. I a… more »