BB WRITINGS
A/K/A The Good, the Bad, and the Just Plain Silly
updated 4/9/11
| The
ADVENTURES of CAPTAIN APOSTROPHE My hero - he never splits an infinitive |
| BALLAD
IN
THE TRADITIONAL STYLE: FOR THE
WORCESTER FIREMEN On December 3rd, 1999, six Worcester firemen lost their lives in a warehouse fire. This piece commemorates these brave young men |
| BERT'S RACCOON A Cape Cod tale of one man versus one mammal; PG-13 for violence and partial nudity |
| SUMMER KID A few reminiscences about happy times in West Falmouth |
| The ELEVEN-MINUTE PLAY It's not easy to squeeze all those Aristotelian unities into ten crummy minutes |
| BUILD THAT FIDDLE! Tips from the experts - save money and have fun doing it! |
| The JOB INTERVIEW Drama at its quickest and perhaps best |
| CAP McGOFFIN'S EXPLOIT Never fall asleep on Buzzards Bay (if you can help it) |
| CAPE COD BUSINESSES
UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED Title pretty much says it all ... |
| The DEFINITION OF
"CELTIC" When you visit your local music store or website and you encounter the "Celtic"section, exactly what are you in for? This perhaps will help |
| The GREAT SIPPEWISSETT
ADVENTURE City kid tries to figure out quahogs |
| YET ANOTHER EMAIL
BUSINESS PROPOSAL You've received hundreds of these junk e-mails in your in-box and you're not rich yet. What's up with that? |
| FIDDLERS YOU NEVER HEARD
OF, FOR
GOOD
REASON (VOL. 1) A biographical sketch of Tommy "The Brick" McDevitt |
| The HAUNTING LICENSE Sometimes spooky is cool, especially if you're a Cape Cod innkeeper |
| The BIG STORM: HURRICANE
CAROL Some things you never forget! |
| IRTRAD
postings Quasi-humorous ramblings intended primarily for those who perform or are otherwise involved with Irish traditional music. Whimsy, beauty. satire, irony, sarcasm, recipes, fishing tips, advice to the lovelorn ... it's all here! |
| The LAST EMPTY SPACE The chilling future of Cape Cod ... and I'll have a jelly stick with that |
| LEPRECHAUNS A long short story, or maybe a novelette, or perhaps a medium-sized canto ... James Joyce, eat your heart out! |
| MOLLY and the UNICORN The aforementioned James J. meets Shel S. and punctuation becomes irrelevant |
| The MOONCUSSER Meet the last of his breed |
| The BAY PROJECT Seemed like a good idea at the time ... |
| RAKING IN THE MONEY
(ALMOST) An October fantasy for everyone |
| CAPE COD
BUSINESSES RECENTLY-INCORPORATED ... that aren't likely to last too long |
| A KELTIC EXPERIENCE What happens when the all-too-real encounters the all-too-phony |
| RENEWABLE ENERGY, CAPE
COD STYLE Native ingenuity finds a possible solution to a big problem and saves Nantucket Sound in the process |
| The SCRATCH GOLFER'S
SONG A triumph of self-aggrandizement |
| SEAFOOD MEMOIRS One tiny segment of a proposed 973-volume autobiography that I will eventually bestow upon a waiting world (already rated EE for "egotistical ennui") |
| SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE
NIGHT Sometimes it's impossible to forget |
| SHOW BUSINESS Hollywood visits Southie, leaves a trail of broken hearts, moves on |
| SONGS Click here to visit the BB song website |
| THREE WISE MEN of MOYVANE A Christmas story for those who know and love Irish traditional music and the people who play it |
| TOM AND SUSAN'S RESTAURANT The "singing waiter" syndrome carried to an uncomfortable extreme |
| WALT MULLEN'S HIPPOPOTAMUS Franz Kafka meets Walt Disney and they take James Joyce to dinner |
| WELCOME, PARAHUMANS! Yes, but can any of them play center field? |
| WEREWOLVES What do you REALLY know about your neighbors? |