December 2009
14 posts
no cover new year at keg and lantern
quick plug and update: come to keg and lantern tonight to ring in 2010 with yours truly behind the bar. no cover, live music, me in a necktie. see you at 95 nassau avenue in greenpoint, brooklyn.
bak in black
i meet all kinds of folks in new york city, in general, but i even find interesting folks at my little bar in the greenpoint area in brooklyn. to be serious for a moment, most folks can be found interesting or at least intriguing if you’re willing to look the right way, but i digress.
i’ve met a lawyer who’s worked for nbc, a filmmaker who’s offered me writing jobs (and then never emailed me as...
promises promises
sorry for the false post alarm the other day. holidays and laziness set in. i’ll be posting from the bar later tonight. captain “your owners are stupid and ignorant” is here now…talking with the owner. i guess “i’m not coming back here” meant “see ya in a week”.
inspired and pissed off
it’s been too long. check back later for a new and lengthy post. cheers.
contacting the bartending nanny
my email is: murphybena@gmail.com, and feel free to follow me on twitter: @benjaminamurphy, too. would love some feedback on “the bartending nanny”.
as always, thanks for reading.
serves me right for starting a blog
from “it’s not gonna rain. i’ll leave my umbrella at home.” to “you know i haven’t been in an accident in years?”, it often seems that a bit of confidence brings rain and zany female drivers. why should starting this blog be any different for me?
it’s 5:42 in the am, as dane “i love the red sox so much that i wear yankee hats” cook...
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the genesis of this blog and my professions
i am currently dealing with my lack of capitalization. blame e.e. cummings or derek webb, if you want, but whatever the reason, i’ve been writing nearly caps-free for quite sometime. i thought using caps in this new blog endeavor might color me more professional, but i don’t really care about that. if it’s a problem, shoot me an email or comment/suggestion of some sort. (can you enable comments on...
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first entry of the rest of my life
it’s on, kids. i’m about to go jersey shore in this piece. it begins now. enjoy.