Cronies Archive June 2009

It's Going To Be Tough

I hope we can muster a quorum this week, what with the competition for your entertainment nickels, dimes and quarters. Several of you, I know, are tempted to accompany The Jay Man to the Shubert Theater in New Haven to see the Mark Morris Dance Group perform "Dido and Aeneas," a breathtaking…

Dr. Mike's Moment of Epiphanies

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Straight from the family archives: Young Dr. Mike, following a few hits of the substance emanating from the tube in his clutches, 1. decides on dentistry as a career path and 2. spontaneously invents Moosecock, one of the more fakakta of our fakakta games. You'll note that his specs are still…

Mikey Brings Back Wisdoms (And Moolah)

Mikey B. is nothing if not a quester. A searcher. A restless soul in pursuit of eternal truths such as "Is a Royal Flush good enough to win in Grecoid?" "If Art whines in Hastings but I don't hear him because I'm in Boston, has Art whined?" "Will Bruce Levy ever play again?"

Last week, Mikey took…

Do Not Go Gently Into The V-Oid

It's your last chance this Wednesday to play at the Little Shoppe of Horrible Games, a.k.a. the Birthplace of Oidism, until Wolf the Hibernator emerges from wherever he's going that will preclude his hosting "for some time."

Come to 1 Scenic Drive before the first hand is dealt -- at 8:28 p.m. --…

Chez Shlaes

If we're lucky, the Jay Man will bring his reputedly delectable guacamole dip to Geoff Shlaes' chateau, 105 Southgate, tomorrow night at 8:28 and will remind me that I want to try it well before Hemorrhoid is dealt.

Meanwhile, I spent a goodly part of my vacation writing a children's book called…

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