The New York City Fire Department came to put out a fire on Fulton Street just behind us on Sunday, March 17, a four-alarm fire…and then they were back less than 24 hours later to put out another. Read More : http://mcphedranbadside.com/fulton-street-fires-ncaa-tournament-picks/

Send a query letter of no more than two pages, which includes your credentials, an explanation of what makes your book unique and special, and a synopsis. Read More : http://mcphedranbadside.com/querying-the-pitch/

This National Hockey League lockout/strike/work stoppage thing is pathetic; the owners and players can make as many serious faces and proclamations as they like, but the farce has to end. Read Full Article Here : http://mcphedranbadside.com/i-own-hockey/

Cheryl Strayed’s “Wild” Cheryl Strayed’s auto-biography Wild is a painfully honest account of how she processed the death of her mother and confronted her own shattered sense of self. Using her remarkable solo hike on the Pacific Coast Trail (PCT) as the central image, she confronts her fears, loss and short-comings with a relentlessly detailed and direct manner. ...

Ice Friday: Michel Foucault’s “The Use of Pleasure” What one must aim for in the struggle to control the desires was the condition of “ethical virility” according to the model of “social virility”. In the use of male pleasures, one had to be virile with regard to oneself, just as one was masculine in one’s social role. In the full meaning of the world, moderation was a man’s virtue. Read full Article here : http://mcphedranbadside.com/ice-friday-michel-foucaults-the-use-o...

Aqaara Scene: “Sex to Avoid Death” The crowd was larger, people up both walkways, chants and holograms everywhere. A bright orange drone floated above, slowly coming down. “Hello, how are you doing?” It was the man from the Hive, now dressed and atop a glider, floating behind the drone. ...

Watching Beckett One-Acts on Leafs Opening Night Not I: What? . . the buzzing? . . yes . . . all the time the buzzing . . . dull roar . . . in the skull . . . and the beam . . . ferreting around . . . painless . . . so far . . . ha! . . so far . . . then thinking . . . oh long after . . . sudden flash Read Full Blog Here : http://mcphedranbadside.com/watching-beckett-one-acts-on-leafs-opening-night/

This Thing Called Race: Adichie’s “Americanah” Posted on June 11, 2017 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah is a long and winding love story, unavoidably about race: “I mean ‘nigger is a word that exists. People use it. It is part of America. It has caused a lot of pain to people and I think it is insulting to bleep it out. (168) ...

Nine Tips for Your Writing Process I am deep into this blog now (eight years and 1,250 posts) and so this is as good a time as any try to finally hit that nail on the head. What is this blog? Why am I doing this? My writing process. That’s what it is! And so, at long last, I will offer my nine bits. ONE: Find your process, whatever that is. Figure that out. Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond Series, wrote every morning and then went for a swim. Woody Allen writes longhand. I text myse...

Time capsules are created with intent of being opened in future; they are meant to shed light to archaeologists about a certain age. They contain monumental artifacts, which archaeologists use to study the way of life of ancient societies. Time capsules from the age of Renaissance and Baroque would provide a lot of enlightenment to historians about the way of life of communities in those ages. Through study of capsules, historians are able to establish how culture and art change through time. Ca...