Jason Peters

The First Morel The Angels Did Say

morel May 22, 2013

… a piece ready nearly a week ago, save that Front Porcher Polet, possessed as usual of a mighty thirst, showed up poised to commit an act of compositio interruptus …
Rock Island…
Shit!
I mean, Uh-Oh!
One of my

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Second Generation FPR?

May 7, 2013

We’ve got some friends over at the Mackinaw Valley Institute.

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The Bar Jester Marvels, Then Explodes, At Front Porch Wienerism

gauntlet (1) April 30, 2013

Oh, Porch. Where is thy sting?

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Elegy For An Outhouse

OuthouseDrawing April 23, 2013

Wherein the Barn Jester, having stepped in it, encounters an unexpected trial.

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How to Write History and Practice Bourbon Politics

Carson April 17, 2013

But as a gesture of good faith he agreed to limit himself to a quart a day.

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The Barn Jester Steps In It

cow pies April 9, 2013

Those who think “nostalgia” is a bad word marking a bad sentiment can pucker my yonder socket.

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The Season’s Over, And I’m For Sale

for sale April 3, 2013

Why doesn’t this annual game of musical chairs occur among faculty members?

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March Madness and the Chief of Hypocrites

magicjohnson_display_image March 26, 2013

Never was a truer word spoken–not since “hell is other people.”

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History is Bunk

Fur_traders_in_canada_1777 March 19, 2013

Serious bunkitude, dude.

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Assess This!

March 14, 2013

The bartender says, “you’re all a bunch of idiots.”

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Well, it’s not like after the Risotto

Seinfeld-Risotto March 12, 2013

First rule: triple the garlic. It’s like irony. There’s no such thing as too much.

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Caught in a Viscous Cycle

most-common-blooper-in-year-1-ad March 5, 2013

My husband got his project cut off.

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An Ancient Legacy of Form: Guardini on Mastery and Nearness

Ship_in_full_sail_by_Munin February 26, 2013

Our dwelling place is the state not of nature but of culture.

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Bar Jester Chronicles XVIII: A Proper New Year’s Eve

bonfire January 1, 2013

I’ll return when, looking from the woods, I see total fenestrated darkness.

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And So The Streak Ends

this-train-must-dead-end September 18, 2012

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’Twas the Night Before the Second Annual FPR Symposium

Gallen-Kallela_Symposium September 11, 2012

And we mean that in the etymologically precise sense of the word.

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