Stephen Mark Rainey

Ms. B. and I were originally planning to visit friend/fellow author Richard Dansky in Durham, NC, this weekend to celebrate his birthday and drink his scotch, but since we came back from Wintergreen very much on the sniffly side, we decided not to potentially afflict anyone who might be in close quarters with us. Neither […]

Welp… I may have experienced the most inexplicable events of my life in the past couple of weeks — a pair of incidents for which I have no reasonable explanation. Here's the setup: on the front porch and in the yard, we have a number of Halloween decorations with lights that require one to turn them […]

Ms. B. and I wanted to have a getaway of some variety for our fifth anniversary, primarily just the two of us because she's had to be gone so much to Michigan to look after her folks (not to mention on various arts & crafts long weekends). Last year, we enjoyed two lovely trips to […]

I envy Brugger for having seen Alton Brown while she was in Michigan this past week. I've found him a font of great ideas and wit. But I tried his fucking martini, and I don't know what the hell, man. Orange bitters? Really? Dude. Alton Brown's Martini Recipe Now, if you're not a drinker, this […]