Currently Reading: Shorebilly’s Swill

I’m just going to pick this one up right where I left off in Part 1. When I finished the first half of this one, it was about 5:40 on Tuesday morning, my phone was pissed on, I was pissed … Continue reading →

I’m pretty sure I’ve pulled the proverbial ‘chirp’ on myself. Back to back articles on my eagerness in saying goodbye to 2015 and welcoming 2016 have jinxed me. I inadvertently put the kibosh on whatever karmic momentum I was going … Continue reading →

Well hello there 2016! I think I speak on behalf of most of us when I say we welcome you with open arms. Last week I did a piece reviewing 2015 which proved to be a year that most of … Continue reading →

To start, I hope each and every one of you had a wonderful, peaceful, safe, and fruitful holiday season. I know I certainly enjoyed mine, though it was mildly bittersweet knowing that it was my last, ‘baby’s first Christmas’. I … Continue reading →

‘Twas the days before Christmas in Syd Nichols house. He was stressed out and worried, thank God for his spouse. She’s consummately cool, on a nice even keel. So she keeps him from being a total s@#t heel. When they … Continue reading →

With Christmas just days away, I suddenly find my own existence completely oxymoronic. This time of year, my hypocrisies manifest themselves in countless ways, and to epic proportions. For example, I’m a perpetually cynical, consummately bitter, eternally skeptical bastard who … Continue reading →

Despite the unseasonably warm weather (which I’m by no means complaining about), we find ourselves now firmly and deeply imbedded in the month of December. This means that, like it or not, even a cynical curmudgeon like me has no … Continue reading →

Let me start by saying that I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. It’s so nice to still have one remaining holiday that doesn’t offend anyone when I wish you well. Personally, one of the things I’m thankful for is … Continue reading →

I’ve never been one to mince words about my thoughts on various holidays. From my flagrant disdain of the ones that I feel are trivial, unnecessary, and grossly over-commercialized, to the handful that I think are necessary and meaningful. I’ve … Continue reading →

This is that time of year when we collectively as beach-town dwellers go through a myriad of conflicting emotions. It’s almost as if our entire existence goes bi-polar for a little while until our bodies and minds have made the … Continue reading →

As is so often the case, I had very different plans for this week’s piece, when something came to me that completely changed things. And when I say came to me, I mean it quite literally. It was an envelope … Continue reading →

This week’s piece was inspired by all of the articles I’ve been reading about the new Beach Bounce place opening this weekend in West Ocean City. It seems that everywhere I look, there’s another article about it, and I for … Continue reading →