Acid & Base



  • > Dying words
    By: Peter Hynes | May 3, 2012
    “A town isn't a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it's got a bookstore it knows it's not fooling a soul.” - Neil Gaiman, Ameri... Read More

  • > A belated preamble
    By: Peter Hynes | April 5, 2012
    Seven. So much significance laid upon a single digit. In various cabbalistic systems it is considered auspicious, being the number of perfection. Yahweh, the He... Read More

  • > Starving for it
    By: Peter Hynes | March 8, 2012
    “Healthy isn't better. Skinny is.” I was convinced that I would never again discover anything on the internet that could shock me. I was finally inured a... Read More

  • > Loner, not lonely
    By: Peter Hynes | January 12, 2012
    The recently demised holiday season brought with it both respite from the stresses of the weeks leading up to it and time to reflect. For the previous few month... Read More

  • > Claustrophobia
    By: Peter Hynes | December 8, 2011
    This column contains mature subject matter and vulgar language. Viewer discretion is advised. So, it’s to be expected that a column appearing in the first ... Read More

  • > Dogma and discontent
    By: Peter Hynes | November 10, 2011
    Eight a.m. Two jarring coffees into my morning, and the usual routine: stretched and wretched; case the face; rage at age; peruse the news. Began pondering the ... Read More

  • > She was asking for it
    By: Peter Hynes | October 12, 2011
    So, apparently the world needed another columnist; suddenly developed a deficiency of opinionated pundits and wisearses hacking their views onto newsprint and/o... Read More