When I was attending the Wilmington Blue Rocks game last month I wanted something to drink. A beer. I wanted a beer. But the line moved slower than molasses through mud, and something else caught my eye. Blue Lemonade. It wasn’t any more expensive than a beer, and it came in a collector’s cup. NotContinue reading “A Memorial Day Drink”
Monthly Archives: May 2018
A Cemetery Find, Five Years Past
Five years ago today, I visited Washington’s Congressional Cemetery for the second time. The Cubs were in Washington, the game was in late afternoon, and before the game I went to Congressional Cemetery to do some exploration and, more importantly, confirm the location of my great-great-grandfather William Gardner. My first visit had been in SeptemberContinue reading “A Cemetery Find, Five Years Past”
Buying an Unofficial Nationals Shirt
Every now and then on Facebook I’ll see ads from pages with names like “Monty Python Fans Only” or “Washington Nationals Fanatics” offering unlicensed, unofficial t-shirts. (I was going to screencap one as an example, but I haven’t seen any in a few weeks. They come and they go.) Typically, the ads I’ve seen, especiallyContinue reading “Buying an Unofficial Nationals Shirt”
Spamalot: The Movie, Coming Our Way in 2020
Last week the news broke that Fox is working on a film adaptation of Spamalot, the musical by Eric Idle based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I’ve wanted a film adaptation of Spamalot for a while now. I wrote on TrekBBS a year ago, “I’d have preferred it ten years ago with theContinue reading “Spamalot: The Movie, Coming Our Way in 2020”
An American Flag, Sewn in Scotland, Returns Home
In 1918, a troop ship carrying American soldiers to Europe was torpedoed off the coast of Scotland. Though many were saved from the waters by other ships in the troop convoy, the bodies of nearly 200 soldiers washed ashore on the island of Islay. What ensued was a recovery of the bodies by the island’sContinue reading “An American Flag, Sewn in Scotland, Returns Home”