• Books Read

    In 2022 I read 17 books. As usual I didn’t read much fiction at all. Toni Morrison’s A Mercy, though, turned out to be one of my favorite novels of all time. As soon as I finished it I began… more ›

  • Reading Heidegger

    You won’t have read Heidegger until you’ve (also) read Being and Time. There are two routes toward reading B/T: 1) just read the damn thing, or 2) ease into reading the damn thing. Pre-Preliminary Texts First, a note on preliminary… more ›

  • Frank’s Fresh Mezcal-Poblano Margarita

    Here is my margarita recipe that I published for the first time on Twitter for cinco de mayo. Since my tweets automatically delete after a few days I decided to also post it here. Not for the faint of heart.… more ›

  • Best of Art 2021

    Even though we balked at spending yet more time online, we ended up taking part in at least 43 art events, both in-person and virtually, in 2021. Here are the numbers Art – 8 Concert – 2 Festival/Event – 3… more ›

  • Books Read in 2021

    Here are the books I read in 2021. A total of 20. Of course I read more than that, but it’s impossible to find some texts on IndieBound or even on publishers’ web sites. Seven books by Nietzsche: five of… more ›

  • Your 2022 Resolutions

    Instead of writing personal resolutions for myself this year I decided to write resolutions for you. Here are eight impersonal resolutions guaranteed to make you a better person and the world a better place. Acknowledge that goodness is already your… more ›

  • My Chemex Recipe

    I’ve been making my own Chemex for the past few years. Originally I was curious about the process, but soon it became another way for me to slow my morning or afternoon down and to ground myself in the present.… more ›

  • Review: The Hairy Ape | The Classics Theatre Project | The Core Theatre

    Drew Maggs (foreground) as Yank in The Classics Theatre Project’s production of Eugene O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape. Lloyd Harvey and Louis Shopen in background. Photo by Kris Ikjeri. Richardson, Texas – Eugene O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape effortlessly prefigures some of… more ›

  • Without Night

      Asleep, I recited or imagined myself reciting lines (to be exact: though I was saying nothing, I was nonetheless in the same emotional state as someone reciting his lines); but upon waking (already half-conscious), discovering that I will truly… more ›

  • Peanut Butter Whiskey

    Peanut butter whiskey is apparently a thing. And our friend Chris wanted to try some cocktails with pbw during her visit. So today, in the name of science, we conducted a hidden-label taste test with the five brands I was… more ›