The stress of COVID-19 makes me think about smoking. Venturing into the kitchen for lunch break — my wife trying to broker a compromise between the quarreling kids — I have this thought of going out to the back porch and cooking a butt. I’d look off into the distance in a knowing, cynical way. …
British singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead in her London apartment. Full coverage may be found here. Like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Brian Jones and others, she joins a long list of musicians who died at age 27. Just because this is not a surprise doesn’t mean it’s not a …