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Surprisingly, it does not take that much Sailor Jerry’s to curdle egg nog.  Swirling the rum slurry in my tumbler distracts me from the mounting anxiety I feel as the fateful day approaches.   I am not referring to the December 21st Mayan doomsday; I think they just ran out of rock when they were chipping [...]

The Broad Axe Tavern in Ambler, Pennsylvania was established in 1681 and it is the second oldest tavern in the United States. Coincidently, it is also reported to be one of the most haunted watering holes as well. Rachel is the name of the ghostly troublemaker and she was the daughter of the owners of [...]

In the 9th century an Ethiopian goat herder name Kaldi was sitting reflectively.  He was overlooking his flock when he observed some of the goats acting erratically after they munched on a berry bush.  The overwhelming boredom of being a shepherd in Ethiopia gave Kaldi the idea to eat some of the berries himself.  The [...]

“Cordoba. Beneath the hood of this new Cordoba is something marvellous.  An engine that thinks…an engine controlled by an intricate computer which monitors six separate engine functions.  It adjusts the spark timing to within a thousandth of a second…. to create smooth, even running and truly responsive acceleration…to permit the burning of leaded or unleaded [...]

It was a late afternoon in August and the city had the smell and humidity of a swamp when I descended into the cool comfort of Mollies.  Slithering onto my barstool perch, I threw Barbarella the wanton look that translated into a double Sailor Jerry’s then I lit a cigarillo.  The chilled vanilla finish of [...]

150 years ago the approaching winter caused a deep anxiety in the hearts of men. It was the longer and harsher chill that scared them. Not the actual temperature or calendar days but rather the eternity of time to be spent indoors with time to pass with idle hands. 1867 – The wind howls and the frigid [...]

Nervously I paced the waiting room. I had flipped each magazine twice with my sweaty fingers when the receptionist coolly hissed, “It won’t be long now”. I wasn’t at the maternity ward; I was dangling helplessly waiting for my car repair was done. Gringo Johnny blasted through the exclusive door leading to the service bay, “Jayman!  She’s [...]

Barbarella slid my glass over to me and paused, “Jay, you look like you were eaten by a wolf and shit over a cliff.”  She was right; a combination of life pressures and happenings started me on the path of personal deconstruction.   Just like been physically lost on the terra, I now was lost spiritually [...]

I slept like a baby last night. I was curled up under layers of cotton as I drifted through my beef fuelled slumber.  When I woke this morning, I showered, popped my performance multivitamin and made a damn good cup of coffee.  Tonight I am sipping my Sailor Jerry’s and scribbling about what would happen [...]

..Three measures of Gordon’s, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it’s ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon-peel.. When Sir Ian Fleming wrote Casino Royale it was 1953 and James Bond ordering a dry martini was a break through moment for men. The surgical accuracy [...]