• Parts is parts, or does anybody know how to drive here?

    In taking long, extensive walks around the city, the things that jump out at me aren’t the classy Victorian mansions throughout Old Louisville, the scores of blooming trees throughout the city or the new construction around the University of Louisville campus. No, what I see is a lot of this: That’s at the corner of…


  • Film critique: Remember when assholes were cool?

    This clip showed up in my YouTube feed yesterday: This was totally cool when I first saw “Bullitt” when it came out in 1968: cool guy, cool car, super cool chase. Now that I’m old with children and grandchildren, it hits me: What the hell was the city of San Francisco thinking when it allowed…