A reminder: “Welcome to the last will and testament of NA Confidential”
15 December 2022 Preface: I've been asked if I would consider getting back into the game, resuming my role as dissident, once again speaking...
Remembering Max Allen, bartender extraordinaire, gone too long but never forgotten
Remembering Max Allen, bartender extraordinaire.
We're drinking my friend to the end of a brief episode
So make it one for my baby
And one more for...
It’s hard to converse when your party’s official policy is censorship
As a prelude to all these preludes, from 2014 straight through to the present day, recently I was approached separately by two local Democratic...
My curious habit of conversing with other people over beers, and why I won’t...
Today's dual cover photos depict beers in the act of being consumed, three years apart, illustrating my fundamental position affirming the value of conversation,...
Shane’s Excellent New Words: Hagiography — or haggis?
Welcome to another installment of SHANE'S EXCELLENT NEW WORDS, which was a regular feature of the now defunct NA Confidential blog.
But why new words? Why not the...
Hunter S. Thompson eulogizes Richard M. Nixon (1994): “He Was a Crook.”
Arguably, the finest political obituary in American history. A Twitter friend linked to it recently, remarking that he rereads the piece every few months....
How I learned to stop worrying and love El Jefe — or, Nawbany’s “Person...
NA Confidential’s Person of the Year awards began in 2011, when the blog was going strong and approaching the apex of its readership locally....
Diary 11 December 2021: That ol’ bait and switch, forever
https://www.rogerbaylor.com/2021/12/09/diary-9-dec-2021-political-patronage-police-empowerment-and-sheer-paranoia/
This is America, after all, and given the probability that each one of us has been duped by the unscrupulous from time to time,...
Diary 9 Dec 2021: Political patronage, police promotion and pervasive paranoia
The reporter John Boyle (WFPK) does a great job of sifting through complicated material and explaining the situation clearly.
Late rent and unsigned leases: Building...
Diary for 21 November: A deeper understanding, or not
Dear reader,
Gazing at the empty sheets of (cyber) paper, you might think to yourself that I've reverted to sloth, but it isn't true.
As Diana...
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The Songs for a (P&u) Departure (1): “These cameras never lie”
We're told that Nov. 15 will be the last day for Pints&union in New Albany prior to the pub decamping for the Highlands: Here’s the...
Speaking of epitaphs, a wonderful song called “Get Out and Stay Out”
"Get Out and Stay Out" was recorded for the 1979 Quadrophenia film soundtrack and wasn't part of the original album in 1973. That's Kenney...
Here’s the epitaph: “In the end, Pints&union didn’t deserve New Albany”
It usually surprises people to learn that I’ve lived in Floyd County, Indiana my entire life, and in New Albany since the early 1990s....
