Great moments in summer vacation history: 1. Around 1070 A.D. William the Conqueror institutes a summer break for all courts of law 2. In one year between 1982-1983, The Go-Go’s release the hit single “Vacation” and Clark Griswold goes takes the family to see the U.S. in “National Lampoon’s Vacation.” 3. June 19th, 2009 Chris Leo (writer/musician in The Van Pelt) Tom Shillue (comedian) Tobias Carroll (writer) Maggie Serota (freelance writer/A.V Club) Justin Maurer (Writer/singer in The Clorox Girls) Isaac […]
Something Useful by Justin Maurer
This morning I awoke with my girlfriend Minnie, both of us hung over beyond belief. She was off to Sheffield for work, and I had to drive a bright blue Ford Transit minibus with a broken window on the left sliding door to a place called Snaresbrook, a suburb of East London. I took the tube with Minnie and I disembarked at my transfer point, kissing her goodbye. Twenty minutes later I was in the southern borough of Lambeth. “English, […]