Tommy Tomlinson

100 words on… Chipper Jones

The Braves announced Tuesday that they were retiring his number. He was in camp to help with drills. He showed up in full uniform, down to the can of

Playoffs? Playoffs? Playoffs!

All of us who had hoped for a college football playoff should stop right now and take a moment to thank Jordan Jefferson. The LSU quarterback was so comically overmatched

Apologies

To the five or six people in the world who have this blog on an RSS feed: You probably saw a couple of weird posts today. There was a multimedia

The Friday Wrap, 5/30/14

Hey everybody, Sometimes I don’t like working from home. The one thing I miss the most about being in a newsroom is hanging out in the office with all

Softly and Tenderly

Our church doesn’t do a lot of the hymns I remember from growing up Baptist. But on Sunday, near the end of the service, two of our singers did “Softly

Three things from Questlove that made me think

From Questlove’s memoir, “Mo’ Meta Blues“: 1. I was and am so devoted to the review process that I write the reviews for my own records. Almost no one knows

Paperback Book Tour 2020!

These beauties showed up at the house yesterday, which means it’s time to announce the official dates for the paperback book tour for “The Elephant in the Room.” So here

The reverse calendar (and the reverse horoscope)

This year, for the first time in a long time, I bought a day planner. I toted it everywhere and put stickers on it and felt nice and solid and analog.

I want you back

Did a little Michael Jackson post over on the other blog… for a bonus, here’s my second-favorite MJ song: “Thriller” was the album that put him over the top. But

Our old dog

It’s not fair to write about a dying dog. Just those last two words are enough. Automatic tears. So I understand if you stop here. But I need to

My top 5 of 2014

Top fives seem to be the trend this year — thank you, Chris Rock. So here are the five pieces I wrote that meant the most to me this year.

100 words on… the Daytona crash

I’m reading David Carr’s junkie memoir “The Night of the Gun.” He talks about the carefully acquired skill of shooting up cocaine — how the goal is to get as

Short Stories

Short Stories

100 words on… Chipper Jones

Playoffs? Playoffs? Playoffs!

Apologies

The Friday Wrap, 5/30/14

Softly and Tenderly

Three things from Questlove that made me think

Paperback Book Tour 2020!

The reverse calendar (and the reverse horoscope)

I want you back

Our old dog

My top 5 of 2014

100 words on… the Daytona crash