Dog Talk

If my dog could talk I’m sure he’d have a lot to say. He’s a pretty vocal dog as is, with different sounds for different occasions or moods. His day is an amalgamation of barks, grunts, growls, huffs and puffs and ruffs, whines, chortles, howls, and baying. In the five years that I’ve known Homer, he’s made just about any and every Read more [...]

The Streak

This website's origins are fairly humble. Cofounder Jason Siegel, on a trip to visit D.C., came over to the Rhode Island Avenue apartment Bullets and I cohabited at the time. Our sans-agenda hang-out ultimately meandered its way to grandiose dreams about how amazing it would be for our 6-bro squad to start a blog. Impulsiveness took over Read more [...]

Raising the Bar

Wine bars. Dive bars. Sports bars. Hipster bars. Cocktail bars. Night clubs. Dance clubs. Music venues. Nostalgia bars. Piano bars. Speakeasies. Irish pubs. Brewpubs. Gastropubs. Gay bars. Biker bars. Etc. These days, there are a fairly bewildering assortment of choices when it comes to finding a place to imbibe alcohol. I haven't even exhausted Read more [...]

Pong Pod: Summer Slam Recap

Super late putting this up, but better Nate than Lever!     Read more [...]

Summer Slam Fri-Lights

We played four "official" (i.e., stat-tracking-worthy) games on the Friday of Summer Slam, outside the tourney matches. The fourth was an all-time classic - more on that one to come. In the meantime, the other three produced some fun moments. Check em out: ITB. Read more [...]

This is the Story of the Hurricane

As I write this, Tropical Storm Florence (née Hurricane) is creeping westward across South Carolina. In a few hours, she will break up into a "tropical depression", because wind speeds will drop below the apparently meaningful level of 39 mph. At which point she will creep up the spine of the Appalachian Mountains all the way up into New England, Read more [...]

Kam Bam Summer Slam

I hosted a pong tournament, monikered Summer Slam, in June. If you don't already know what pong is and want to catch up, good luck!. You're behind by, ballpark, 20 blogs and podcasts. For everyone else: Let's get started.   Format & Outcome Six teams entered, competing round-robin to qualify for a single-elimination Read more [...]

Second Star to the Right and Straight on ’til Morning

It occurred to me recently that it seems like there are a lot of 30th birthday parties going on. Now, mind you, I have recently crossed into this new decade myself, so in that sense it wasn’t really a surprise, but it was curious to me how many parties and special events and even long weekends were being planned to mark and celebrate the occasion. Read more [...]

Need a Prestige TV Drama? Better Call Saul!

My favorite part about watching so-called "prestige" television is the conversation that it engenders. Not just in terms of the social media response (and all the jokes, memes, hypotheses, and tasseographies that are so integral to that response), but also the experience of catching up with friends the next day to talk about what you liked and Read more [...]

Philly Philly!

It’s a crazy time for Philadelphia sports. The Eagles winning the Super Bowl in February and Villanova taking home the NCAA Championship in March ushered in the sort of spring awakening usually reserved for BBC nature documentaries or Disney movies. The blossoms were blooming big, the air smelled fresh, and everything had a bright sunny aura Read more [...]