Best Pizza Ever: The Special at Pepe’s in New Haven

Best Pizza Ever: The Special at Pepe’s in New Haven

On Thursday night I had the best pizza I have ever had in my life. I was in Connecticut on business and my colleague and I went to New Haven to try what our hosts called “Pepe’s” pizza. They described it as one of 3-4 best pizza places in the state....
Brace Yourself

Brace Yourself

Well, I got that wrong. Really wrong. But I was in good company. As best I can figure, here’s where we are and how we got here. Trump’s main appeal has always been his open racism and misogyny. MAGA is nothing more than a pledge to return to a time when women and...
Election Eve Predictions

Election Eve Predictions

It’s election eve and I’m ready to make some predictions. I do so with a healthy dose of humility because I remember many things I have got wrong in the past. I said Trump would never win in 2016. I said Biden would never be the Democratic nominee in 2020....
Bass Gear Updates

Bass Gear Updates

Here’s an update on the EBH1505MS from Ibanez. With the help of some others I think I have zeroed in on what its problem is: the pickups are wired out of phase. This results in an instrument that sounds perfectly reasonable with either pickup soloed, but that...
Rao’s: The Perfect Platonic Form Of Marinara

Rao’s: The Perfect Platonic Form Of Marinara

Years ago I used to make more pasta at home. I don’t know why I’ve gotten out of the habit. I was thinking about switching to grating my own parmesan cheese with a microplane as opposed to using pre-shredded stuff, when it occurred to me: whatcha gonna use...