Clips

A comprehensive personal archive of all the things I’ve written. You can also check out my Muckrack page, which might be more current. No promises on that. I also publish on my Medium site when the spirit strikes me.

Beats Per Minute, the Head-to-Head Beatmaker Battle, Is Back
October 3, 2024 | Racket
In ‘Continental Drifter,’ Kathy MacLeod returns to Maine, and the emotional tumult of childhood
June 24, 2024 | Portland Press Herald
Outfitting a Generation of Outdoorsy Kids in Maine
October 11, 2023 | Subaru Drive
8 Things I Miss about Living in the Twin Cities
September 11, 2023 | Racket
5 Ways To Maximize a Small Outdoor Space
August 16, 2023 | Subaru Drive
A Revolution on Foot: ‘Walking Artist’ Jonathon Stalls Strolls Across the Country for Pedestrian Rights
April 20, 2023 | Racket
Building Natural Sanctuaries in the Midwest
March 13, 2023 | Subaru Drive
Should Minneapolis Adopt a Municipal Sidewalk Shoveling Program?
March 2, 2022 | Racket
Badger Briggs Is Ready to Die in the Ring
November 11, 2021 | Racket
Devon Monroe Is Here to Redefine Your Image of a Pro Wrestler
September 30, 2021 | Racket
OnlyFans Created a New Economy for Sex Workers in Minnesota. Then It Threatened to Take Everything Away.
September 29, 2021 | Racket
‘Picture a Scientist’ director Sharon Shattuck wants you to know you’re not alone
April 29, 2021 | Massive Science
What We Do in the Shadows’ Matt Berry Will Have a Guinness for Lunch
November 6, 2020 | October
Poet Jenessa Andrea survived so that she could live
January 16, 2020 | City Pages
J. Ryan Stradal’s ‘The Lager Queen of Minnesota’ is a family epic steeped in local beer
September 18, 2019 | City Pages
2016: A Year’s Worth of Memories (Jerard Fagerberg)
December 15, 2016 | Heartbreaking Bravery
Brian Butler sketches the roving chaos of a concert
May 19, 2016 | The AV Club
2015: A Year’s Worth of Memories (Jerard Fagerberg)
December 15, 2015 | Heartbreaking Bravery
The 10 Best Guest Voices on ‘Bob’s Burgers’
March 9, 2015 | Boston.com
The Hub in Hollywood: Buying and Selling Boston Accents in Film and TV
October 22, 2014 | Boston.com
Reality TV Hopeful Gets Third Boob Surgically Implanted
September 22, 2014 | Boston.com
Review Anything August: ‘God Hates Musicals’
August 18, 2014 | Boston.com
Review Anything August: Brittany Tara’s YouTube Channel
August 18, 2014 | Boston.com
Review Anything August: Liz Arcury – ‘Rocks at the Bottom’
August 18, 2014 | Boston.com
Review Anything August: Margarita Gokun Silver – ‘Lenin Was Half-Jewish, and So Can You’
August 18, 2014 | Boston.com
Review Anything August: Nate Lopez – ‘Poorly Edited’
August 18, 2014 | Boston.com
Review Anything August: Rob McQueen – ‘The Twelve Cataclysms’
August 18, 2014 | Boston.com
Review Anything August: Scott and David Goudsward – ‘Horror Guide to Massachusetts’
August 18, 2014 | Boston.com
Obama’s Statement on Ferguson – What We Heard vs. What We Wanted to Hear
August 15, 2014 | Boston.com
Chris Pratt Raps Eminem’s Verse from ‘Forgot About Dre,’ Talks ‘Jurassic World’
August 5, 2014 | Boston.com
The Most Dangerous Biking Spots in Boston
August 4, 2014 | Boston.com
Thanks to Boomf, You Can Now Eat Your Instagrams
July 16, 2014 | Boston.com
MIT Drone Will Automatically Add the Perfect Lighting to Your Photographs
July 14, 2014 | Boston.com
Newburyport Daily News Commits Hilarious Front-Page Faux Pas
July 10, 2014 | Boston.com
‘Blank Canvas’ Art Contest is a Creative Evolution for Boston Calling Festival
July 8, 2014 | Boston.com
Union Protests MBTA Cleaning Cuts with ‘YMCA’-Style Flash Mob
July 2, 2014 | Boston.com
8 Basic Father’s Day Gifts for Your Basic Dad
June 13, 2014 | Boston.com
Cam Neely May Be Reprising Sea Bass Role for ‘Dumb And Dumber To’
June 11, 2014 | Boston.com
This Kid Just Revolutionized the Snapchat Game
June 9, 2014 | Boston.com
Uber No Allies: Rideshare App Launches Boat Service, Duck Boats Could Be Next
June 4, 2014 | Boston.com
This ‘Letter from an Angry Graduate’ Is Fake, but We Wrote a Response Anyway
May 20, 2014 | Boston.com
15 Really Weird Items You Can Buy on Alibaba
May 16, 2014 | Boston.com
20 Boston-Themed Yo Momma Jokes for Mother’s Day
May 11, 2014 | Boston.com
Sony Invents a New Cassette that Holds an Absurd Amount of Data
May 5, 2014 | Boston.com
Super Locals: The Top 5 Comic Book Characters from Boston
May 3, 2014 | Boston.com
The 5 Best Local Events for Free Comic Book Day
May 2, 2014 | Boston.com
‘Community’ May Be Given New Life on Hulu
May 1, 2014 | Boston.com
Let This MIT Nerd Help You Become Instagram Famous
April 25, 2014 | Boston.com
Reddit AMA: What Would Your Neighborhood Ask Mayor Walsh?
April 24, 2014 | Boston.com
Comcast Voted Worst Company in America
April 18, 2014 | Boston.com
‘Time Is a Flat Circus’ meshes ‘True Detective’ with ‘Family Circus,’ and its distrubingly perfect
April 17, 2014 | Boston.com
Why Simone Beaubien should be the next Boston poet laureate
April 15, 2014 | Boston.com
Wrestlemania XXX: Undertaker’s streak ends, but creates greatest reaction gif of all time
April 7, 2014 | Boston.com
15 Boston celebs most likely to succeed David Letterman
April 4, 2014 | Boston.com
No, this Harvard book isn’t bound in human skin
April 4, 2014 | Boston.com
12 ’90s TV haikus in response to Samuel L. Jackson’s ‘Boy Meets World’ poem
April 2, 2014 | Boston.com
Google turns Maps into a Pokemon game for April Fools’ Day
March 31, 2014 | Boston.com
Deah Hasbro: 15 house rules to make Monopoly more ‘Bostonian’
March 27, 2014 | Boston.com
5 Boston characters more disturbing than the Staten Island creeper clown
March 25, 2014 | Boston.com
Local poet Jade Sylvan will trade nudes for a West Coast tour
March 21, 2014 | Boston.com
Selfie Destruction: student amputates Greco-Roman statue snapping selfie
March 20, 2014 | Boston.com
Addicted Products: sentient toasters will feel burned if not loved
March 19, 2014 | Boston.com
What to Wear takes the guesswork out of dressing for Boston weather
March 19, 2014 | Boston.com
Photographer who shot Boston mag cover responds to Bath ripoff
January 29, 2014 | Boston.com
Defend Yourself: Jake and Amir of CollegeHumor
November 11, 2013 | DigBoston
Review: Blackfish
November 6, 2013 | DigBoston
Words: Kissing Oscar Wilde
October 15, 2013 | DigBoston
Bring on the Lingua Franca
June 21, 2013 | Bostonnova
Marwencol
May 4, 2011 | City Paper
Loyola University professor’s debut novel offers an upbeat tour through a dismal world
March 9, 2011 | City Paper
Tales of Blood and Roses
March 9, 2011 | City Paper
Otis Rolley’s Big-Ticket Issues
March 3, 2011 | City Paper
Skate/Fate
March 2, 2011 | City Paper
Eyes of the Mothman
March 2, 2011 | City Paper
SkateFate
March 2, 2011 | DigBoston