PBJ at 15

Today is the 15th anniversary of Professor Barnhardt’s Journal. It’s more of a blog now but we used to have original essays and stories and interviews. Maybe we’ll get back to that at some point. Anyway, I thought I’d link to some of my favorite pieces and posts over the years.

Why I Write – the first issue, with Roger Ebert, Lawrence Block, TC Boyle, & others
Lab Results: Love Potions One Through Eight, by Adam Finley
Guilty Pleasure: Unemployment, by Adam Finley
Two Writers Drinking, by Will Leitch and Bob Sassone
Rod Serling, by Jonathan Lethem
Words of Wisdom, by Bruce Campbell, Michael J. Nelson, Laura Miller, & others
Death Rat!, by Michael J. Nelson
Dispatches From An Embedded Office Worker, by Joe Lavin
The Ghost of Toto, by Tod Goldberg
Do Not Try This At Home, by Ken Levine
Wife, by Bob Sassone
Kevin Gilbert: 20 Years Later, by Bob Sassone
Design For Dying, by Renee Patrick
Smith Street, by Will Leitch

That’s just a small sampling. There’s more in the archives on the right!

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Papyrus

From last night’s Saturday Night Live:

Tuesday Random Links

• I was underwhelmed by the first episode of Star Trek: Discovery, but I’ll keep watching. Here are some reviews of the first few episodes.
• Nice essay about a great writer, Ross Macdonald.
• Interesting piece on Sears, Roebuck, and Co. and how it compares to what Amazon is doing.
• Cable Neuhaus on the death of encyclopedia.
• A look at author Ann Patchett and the bookstore she co-owns, Parnassus Books in Nashville.
• If you like cocoa and you like sandwiches, how about combining the two in this recipe from 1925?

True

15 years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now, the real world is an escape from the internet.

— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) August 28, 2017

Thursday Random Links

• The Simpsons has fired longtime composer Alf Clausen.
• Have smartphones destroyed a generation?
• USA Today has a look at new fall books, including a short story collection from Tom Hanks.
• A fascinating look at what the places depicted on 1960’s postcards look like now.
• Thrillist picks the 100 best burgers in the U.S.
• Dinner Is Served 1972 has a recipe for Macaroni, Tomato, and Cheese Bake (and as a bonus, Elvis Presley’s Rice Pudding).

Paris Hilton’s dog has a nicer home than I do

My dogs live in this two-story doggy mansion that has air conditioning, heating, designer furniture, and a chandelier. Loves it pic.twitter.com/4dXAf5XPXV

— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) August 25, 2017

Weekend Random Links

• Wreckage of the USS Indianapolis found.
• The life of an unlikely Instagram addict.
• ABC has a live-action version of The Jetsons coming.
• In honor of Monday’s total eclipse, here’s Annie Dillard’s 1982 essay by the same name.
• Have you heard about MoviePass?
• From Recipe Girl, how to make your own Rocky Road Ice Cream at home.

Carl Sagan Said

I know, I know, this is going around so much that you’ve probably seen it already. But if you haven’t: this is from Carl Sagan’s 1996 book The Demon-Haunted World:

Carl Sagan was eerily accurate on this prediction for the future all the way back in 1996. 100% on point WDYT? pic.twitter.com/7NdE4d3P8y

— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) August 9, 2017