June 15, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on InPraiseOf: A Honfest Rewind
I attended both days of Honfest this year. This is a revelation for me, since for the past decade and a half I’ve protested this event as a classest exploitation of a dying culture. Now, indifference has set in. The … Continue reading
June 7, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on What I Read: Of Federer and Yiddish Jokes
Two good links from me today. For those of you who are about to watch (or have watched) Roger’s Federer’s attempt at his first French Open, please read the late David Foster Wallace’s essay “Roger Federer as Religious Experience,” originally … Continue reading
June 5, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Thoughts on Drinking
I usually don’t drink on Mondays. No matter your tolerance, it’s a rough way to start the week and Tuesday morning hangovers stopped being cute sophomore semester. But my friend J.R. was celebrating his birthday, and I hadn’t stepped into … Continue reading