It’s always a good idea to stop at those small, family run restaurants lining most of the major roads in Virginia Beach. They’re generally easy to spot. Their signs are oddly garish against the dirty ecru color of the chain stores. Those tend to melt in to the smoker’s-teeth white stucco edifices housing the lion’s [...]

  For all of you who tolerate – and in extreme cases enjoy – the alcoholic energy drink branded JOOSE, I’ve got a tip on a deal. If you hang out in the Norfolk area, this little Japanese market I frequent for Poky and melon soda, has just started to carry the acerbic beverage for [...]

It has been a long time since I’ve had to reduce myself to as tired and petty a cliché as this one but here goes: To all of you who were not in attendance at the Red Star Tavern last night – and it would seem from the line we saw stretching around the building [...]

Hi, Ty Bliss again. I love sarcasm alot and here’s something fun about sarcasm that I learned surfing the internet: “Socratic Irony Socratic irony can be seen as a tactical maneuver of sorts. It’s most practical iteration is in the “Socratic method” of teaching, which has been adopted by many prestigious universities throughout the world [...]

Walking near Fairgrounds, over there by the EVMS campus, and I found this letter. Monday, Dec 1st , 2008 From: The office of the Chief of Medicine Dr. Timothy Chow To: Sr. Doctor William S. Dicker M.D.M.A.S.P.C.A M.P O.P.P We regret to inform you of a complaint failed against you by a patient under your care. [...]

Towards the end of the most recent summer I spent a little time rooming with a friend of mine named George Booker. He’s one of those mysterious artsy types and he writes a mean music review. Since I left, he has been unable to find his diary…cuz I stole it. I’m going to post a bunch of [...]

  Thanks for tuning in to my first program! I believe we’ve met; my name is Ty Bliss. At times, I’ve been the ratty looking crack-head parked outside your house, stealing your internet. Usually, I’m the annoying customer in front of you at the Kroger: using each piece of my metal change like a hogshead in a French [...]

Located in a remarkably eclectic strip mall, Kin’s Wok is probably the freshest tasting and cheapest Chinese food I’ve ever eaten.