2010 is the yeah of the Blog! Well, okay, who knows. Maybe it’s the year of the dog? Call it poetic license.
In any case, I hereby decree I will be posting crap on sundaybender for all seven of you who care. Well, for you seven, and the thousands (okay, dozens) of [...]

I just sent this in an email to the Incredibly Understanding Wife. The same one who lets me do all the things I usually write about on this site. I am lucky to have her. She… well… she is stuck with me.

Hello wife,
As is typical on a Thursday, I am [...]

I decided to run for office in my local BMW club. I have no opposition. My platform was summed up thusly:
I’m Chris, and I would like to be your club Secretary.
See, way back when in college, I chose English as my major. It’s sort of like choosing unemployment as a major, except [...]

Apparently scientists are very willing to admit that they know nothing. Reassuringly they are also willing to build incredibly complex machines based completely on that very lack of understanding, and then turn those machines on in an attempt to recreate the big bang – on a small scale.
Swiss scientists are mad
The possibility of [...]

Who’s Cris Cohen? Probably the funniest guy I know. And that’s saying a lot, because those of you reading this are all very funny, and likely pissed off now, because up until this point you thought YOU were the funniest guy I knew. Even you ladies.
You all were the funniest [...]

Having perfected my surly, disenchanted musician thing, I went for a number of years listening only to Steely Dan and the Sons of Champlin. Steely Dan engaged me musically and impressed me with compositional mastery, the Sons helped me to lighten up and reminded me that good music is supposed to make you want [...]

I love my sister. Look how happy we are.
And yes, I am nearly 30 and I still play in my college marching band. Again, note how happy it makes me.
Good times.

We got married. We are boy and wife.