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Confessions of a Fizzy Water Fan

But the other day I was at the store, and ran into an old dude I knew from my wilder and crazier days. We were shootin’ the breeze about nothing in particular, like folks do, when he noticed the cases of fizzy water in my cart, and started razzing me. “I ought to take a picture. Vennis A. Vennable buying fizzy water. Nobody would believe it!”

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FeaturesJay Kerner

Talking S*** About Sewers

I value my sewer connection. Let me be clear on that!
I think sanitation is what separates us from the lesser beasts. (Though some are certainly separated further than others.)
But modern sanitation ain’t a walk in the park.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to go back to those halcyon days, when you could just dump your waste in the river? Arrogantly thumbing our noses at anybody downstream, and blessedly ignorant of anybody above.
But these days, we handle our s*** differently.

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