House & Garden
Dante’s Blow Dryer
By Richard Sheppard When things get a bit stressful in my life, I take refuge in projects around the house. I detest house projects so much that doing them blasts my thoughts away from what’s […]
Articles by Rich Sheppard
Business
Hedge Hogs — Leveraged Commentary
Embarkation – Discard to Regard Through no known fault of my own, I was uprooted from a comfortable, perhaps complacent, office job in a Moonachie manufacturing company. I was tossed into the heartless job market […]
Books
Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut — Book Review
“Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut” by Astronaut Mike Mullane Review by Richard Sheppard If Tom Wolfe’s 1979 “The Right Stuff” remains the definitive astronaut story – a magnificent introduction to […]
Tech
Pluto = Planet = Forever
By Dick “Scorpio” Laresch So the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a body comprised mostly of Euro-weenies – has “voted” Pluto off the planet roster. Oh yeah? How come I still think it’s a planet? Because […]
On the Town
“Auld Lang Saloon”: A Jersey City Institution Closes — Farewell Gimberts
By Rich Sheppard Jersey City – March 18, 2007: Gimberts, a century-plus-old bar in a tough corner of Tufftown Jersey City shut its doors for good on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, 2007. I was […]
On the Town
“Madness at Midnight” — Graveyard Shift Redemption at “The Abbott” — Part 4
Part 4 in a Series — Part 1 is here by A Tortured Redemptionist Sunday, August 5, 2007 – Midnight I’m becoming intimately familiar with the southernmost 2-3 (4?) miles of Manhattan Island, one of […]
On the Town
“Madness at Midnight” — Graveyard Shift Redemption at “The Abbott” — Part 3
Part 3 in a Series — Part 1 is here by A Tortured Redemptionist Wednesday, May 23, 2007 – Midnight New York at night, New York at day. New York in the morning, at noon, […]
On the Town
“Madness at Midnight” — Graveyard Shift Redemption at “The Abbott” — Part 2
Part 2 in a Series — Part 1 is here by A Tortured Redemptionist Monday, April 23, 2007 – Midnight What a difference a week makes, weather-wise. Last weekend, 7.5 inches of rain drenched most […]
On the Town
“Madness at Midnight” — Graveyard Shift Redemption at “The Abbott” — Part 1
The First in a Series By A Tortured Redemptionist Redemption does not follow from a lack of resources. Not having the means to sate your temptations might prevent you from falling to them. That’s “temporary” […]
On the Town
Christmas Cheer from Cuff’s, Teterboro Airport, New Jersey
Christmas time, 2007 Ah, the ever reliable Cuff’s! Ah Cuffie Cuff Cuffs! Cuffles! Just back from a majestic lunch at the ever reliable Cuff’s — what a fond ginmill that joint is. The parking lot […]