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The Hammersla Exposition No. 11: A Smattering of Life and Death

What’s Up Hi, everyone. As I'm sure yours are, my heart -- feeble and sclerotic though it may be -- is with the people of Ukraine, who are bearing the brunt...

The Hammersla Exposition No. 10: Everybody Had a Hard Year

December 30, 2021

What’s Up It’s not just holiday season, it’s holiday card season. The most conscientious and photogenic among you have done your part to prop up the U.S....

The Hammersla Exposition No. 9: Answers in the Form of Questions

August 31, 2021

What's up. The summer is over, and I have no problem with that. Sure, summer was great back in the day when it meant no homework, no early mornings, movie...

(MOVIE LINK FIXED) The Hammersla Exposition No. 8

What’s up. We recently celebrated Independence Day, the nominal birthday of our nation (as well as my brother Darren and my father in law, “Sir”). Sometimes...

The Hammersla Exposition No. 8: Sparking It Up!

What’s up. We recently celebrated Independence Day, the nominal birthday of our nation (as well as my brother Darren and my father in law, “Sir”). Sometimes...

The Hammersla Exposition No. 7: Value Pack (LINK INCLUDED)

Whoops. Sorry to send this again, but I was informed that I forgot the all-important link in "This Week's List" below. That has been remedied. Sorry. Hello,...

The Hammersla Exposition No. 7: Value Pack

Hello, again. So, it's been a minute. The last time I dropped a message in a bottle was Christmas Eve, 2020, which makes this the first missive of 2021....

The Hammersla Exposition No. 6: I Feel Fine

December 24, 2020

Hello Dear Friends, For those of you who did not sign up for this newsletter of your own volition, I apologize for the imposition (and for the accidental...

The Hammersla Exposition No. 5: Political Arts & Sciences

The Big Idea Dear Friends, My home state of Virginia is hosting one of the 15 nominated contests on Super Tuesday this year. As I write this, I am in Fort...

The Hammersla Exposition No. 4: Transatlanticism

February 24, 2020

Dear Friends, Music seems to be the theme of the week, this week. Music has played an outsized role in my life, despite the fact that I am not a very good...

The Hammersla Exposition No. 3: The Power of Love is a Curious Thing

February 14, 2020

Dear Friends, Back to the Future still holds the record as the movie that I saw the most times in the theater (5). Given the cost of movie tickets and the...

The Hammersla Exposition No. 2: What's Cooler than Being Cool?

February 8, 2020

EDITOR’S NOTE: I have taken the liberty of switching my newsletter service – and your subscriptions – to Buttondown, which has a more advanced feature set...

The Hammersla Exposition No. 1: One Small Dubstep for Man

February 7, 2020

Dear Friends, Thank you for subscribing to my newsletter. I will try to make it worth your while. It is already worth my while to avoid logging in to...