Adam Finlay

It’s true, as George Saunder’s suggests, it actually is more depressing when funny people die. In my fantasy, Adam FInlay faked his own death. Unfortunately, he didn’t. He’s actually dead. But if anyone was to fake their own death, he would have been the one witty enough to do it.

Lederhosen do not a Mensch make

Dear Cincinnatians, How can I put this? To be perfectly honest, your Oktoberfest sucks. During the week I recently spent stranded in JFK airport, I read in a magazine about “the largest Oktoberfest outside of Munich”. How could I resist visiting Zinzinnati, OH for what promised to be an event of [...]