We’re just driven toward comfort food. I ate a glazed donut today I knew I shouldn’t eat. That’s because I’m 20 pounds over what I think I ought to weigh. Although a […]
So that’s why we’re so fat …
Wheel chair blue
Human convergence at a grocery store… He had stationed himself in front of a Grocery Outlet discount supermarket on Bayshore Boulevard in San Francisco. I had just stopped by for some Dr […]
A priestess of the check-out line
Respect the snack champions… Life is balance, popcorn a paltry modern offering to Demeter and the famished New Microwave Gods… (San Francisco, California, February 2018. See my other work here and here.)
Proposed SNAP boxes would further cut choice
So many Americans are disdainful of and resentful towards the “undeserving poor.” Now, Cadet Bone Spurs (h/t Senator Duckworth) has a new plan to give people on food stamps at least half […]
SNAP subsidies for the candy and soda industries
I’m all for food assistance. I’m not for junk food and luxury assistance. I’ve tried to make it a rule of thumb that if I’m typing furiously because someone is wrong on […]
Sunday Special
There are some states where it is still illegal to sell alcohol on Sundays. In other states, you can’t sell ammunition in grocery stores. And then, there is South Dakota. I took […]
Dr. Sammy’s Italian sangria recipe
This is the best sangria I’ve ever had. The other night I was in the mood for sangria, but we were having pasta. I found myself wondering if there were such a […]
Gwyneth Paltrow inspired me to become a doctor
Now meet the nurse who can’t wear gloves It’s been a while since I’ve done anything especially Frank-goofy. I miss pulling weird stunts, like the Tell Me About It sign at Dupont […]
Let’s America
Here, kitty kitty kitty…. (Brisbane, California, July 4th, 2017. See my other work here and here.)
Golden Guys
“Where streams of whiskey are flowing…” –The Pogues Part six of my S&R Tokyo Series One November day in Tokyo my wife and I were walking through the normally quiet and deserted […]
