Summer is ending. Just typing those words depresses me. This post is about depression. I get depressed a few times a year and I’m sure most of you probably do too. It’s happening to me again. The days are getting appreciably shorter and the light is changing. Our tree is already losing its leaves. Nights [...]
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Thursday playlist: Songs we played most
Happy Valentines Day, lovers! Here follows a special special Valentine. The annual Fawcett/Honeycups mix. A bit of background is necessary. Since 1995 I have been compiling an end of the year mixtape. During those first years it was sent out to just a handful of friends. As many of you know, making a tape is [...]
Thursday playlist: Best music videos of 2007
It’s a hard thing to compile a list like this. The great majority of music videos suck. And I’m a very intolerant critic. Which means there are precious few videos that make my year’s-end list. The ones that make the list meet certain criteria that I’ve honed over the years: First, a video can’t be [...]
Buenos Aires and the Bush daughters in heat
Where do you go for spring break? I know the question is quite untimely, but deal with it, I wrote this a few months ago, but never got around to editing and linking it. Now with last week’s news that Jenna Bush is engaged to be married, this post is suddenly quite timely again. Not [...]
Ten things to remember when chasing down a burglar
On a Saturday morning a few weeks ago we awoke to the sound of an ominous crash coming from the house next door. It sounded like glass breaking. Something was wrong. Our neighbor’s house had been unoccupied for the past month since she went to live with family after her 93 year old roommate died. [...]
Let’s not don’t fear the reaper
I like stories about the breakdown of society. I’ve liked a number of post-apocalyptic films: The Mad Max trilogy, 28 Days, 12 Monkeys, Deep Impact, The Day After, AI, and The War of the Worlds. The problem is that most of them just never satisfy my hunger to see a true version of that horrific [...]
Best Music Videos of 2006
In July I finally finished my residency and got a real job, which meant I had my own office and a nice T1 computer connection. Ah, the American dream. When I’d have a patient no-show, I could become a Web-surfing maniac. Besides the obvious media browsing — music/movie reviews, politics, porn, blogs, YouTube, I became quite versed [...]
Yeah I got busted
Yes, that’s right. Exam over. Fawcett’s back y’all. So I got arrested again. It happens now and then. It’s a strange thing getting arrested. Here is how the most recent one occurred: My lady and I are having dinner. A hole-in-the-wall sushi restaurant in Soho that a friend recommended. It’s delicious. We’ve each had a [...]
Farrell’s turning off the Fawcett
Good readers, It is with great regret that I announce that for the next two months I need to concentrate on preparing for my Psychiatry boards. Until Thanksgiving I will be setting aside sledge hammers, power drills, and computer keyboards to focus on much less creative projects. I hope soon to pass through the final door of examination [...]
Farrell Fawcett’s six degrees of separation
I am quite proud to announce that I personally know every one of the contributors to The Great Whatsit. Yes, even the anonymous contributors. And as far as my research indicates, I am the only contributor who can claim that honor (sorry Dave and Bryan). So in the interest of helping those home viewers feel [...]
