(a guide to the people and places who make up the territory of Bermuda Shorts, along with recurring themes and thought-forms, as well as geographies that exist solely within the author’s mind)
Adler, Margot 50
Allen, George 95, 99, 101
Anderson, William “Bloody Bill” 129
Baker Street Irregulars 24
Balsam, Martin 39
Barks, Coleman 150
Battles, Cliff 98
Beatles, The 90, 153, 158
Beauticide xi, 80
definition of 80
Beckley, Jacob “Old Eagle Eye” 108
Beer 12, 22, 25, 35, 61, 63, 99, 131, 156. See also Drinking
Budweiser 56
cheap 132
spritzing of 115
throwing cups of 100
Berrigan Brothers 154
Bierce, Ambrose 151
Blewett, Chubby 3, 5, 6, 10
Blondes
bombshell 116
business end of x
cornsilk 23
dirty 31
Marilyn Monroe 158
Bly, Robert 50
Boswell, Thomas 107
How Life Imitates the World Series 133
Bradbury, Ray 39, 151
Bradshaw, Terry 98
Brodie, John 98
Brown, Jerry 85
Brown, Jim 97
Brown, Larry 97, 101
Burleigh Falls 4, 7, 8
Bush, George H. W. 85, 89, 154, 156
Bush, George W. 51, 85, 89
Bush Wars 51
Cameron, James 135
Campbell, Joseph 50
Cantillon, Joe 130
Carter, Jimmy 25, 85
Chesbro, John “Happy Jack” 108
Churchill, Winston 36
Cicero, Marcus Tullius 37
Clark, Gary 101
Clemente, Roberto 121
Clinton, William Jefferson 85, 89
Clovelly Island 4–5, 8–13, 20
Cobb, Ty 133, 135
Coleman, Monte 101
Conjecture Chamber 59–69
definition of 65
Coolidge, Calvin 135
Cunningham, Randall 98
Curve Lake Native Reserve 4, 8
Dahlén, Ulf 115
Dickens, Charles 151
Dorsett, Tony 97
Doty, Mark 149
Drinking. See also Beer
alone 164
and driving 29, 30
as an aid to philosophical inquiry 15, 32, 63–68
as guilty pleasure 143
for courage 12
in Italy 16
in moderation 147
in the morning 22
in the shower 22
lying about 5
miscellaneous 52, 56, 62, 96
on the job 25
raising the legal age for 156
specific beverages
Canadian Club 5
Dewar’s 29
Gold Tassel Rye 10
Labatt’s Blue 10
Pernod 63
Scotch 147
tequila 64
whiskey 97, 163
Wild Turkey 101 xi, 41
while boating 8
Dylan, Bob 18, 68, 76
Blood on the Tracks x
Ed Sullivan Show, The 153
Eisenhower, Dwight David 120, 158
Favre, Brett 98
Feller, Bob 135
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 15, 18
“In Hintertime Praxiteles” 16
Fischer, Pat 101
Fleming, Ian 151
Ford, Gerald R. 85
Franklin, Benjamin 152
Frodo
magic ring 168
Gabriel, Roman 98
Gadget Geeks 169
Gandhi, Mahatma 49, 52
Garrison, Walt 101
Gehrig, Lou 135
Gender wars 25, 60, 65–66
Gibbon, Edward 152
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 44
Gibbs, Joe 101
Gibson, Bob 121, 134
Ginsberg, Allen 68
Glenn, John 154
Goldwater, Barry 151
Graham, Otto 98
Green, Darrell 101, 103
Gregerson, Linda 149
Gregory, Dick 68
Griffith, Clark 132, 134, 135
Halberstam, David 107
Hanburger, Chris 101
Harangues
against fascism 156–157
against idiots 59–61, 155, 159
against New Yorkers 84
against the music industry 18, 27–28, 42–43
against the telephone 163–172
mad 161
miscellaneous 32
oiling up 147
on literary types 147–148
Harris, Franco 97
Harris, Fred 85
Hauss, Len 101
Hayes, Bob 97
Hendrix, Jimi 90
Herodotus 151
Hoffman, Richard 157, 158
Holleman, Marybeth 157
Holmes, Sherlock 24, 29
Houston, Kenny 101
Huff, Sam 97
Hunter, Dale 111
Industrial Revolution 164
Inman, Will (William Archibald McGirt Jr.) 17, 19
Jackson, “Shoeless” Joe 135
James, Bill 107
James, Dick 101
James, Frank and Jesse 130
Jaworski, Ron 98
Jefferson, Roy 101
Jefferson, Thomas 152
Johnson, Lyndon Baines 85, 120
Johnson, Walter 108, 129–136
Jones, Jimmy 98
Jurgensen, Sonny ix, 98, 99, 101, 103
Kahn, Roger
The Boys of Summer 133
Keats, John
“Endymion” 12
Kelly, Leroy 97
Kennedy, John 85, 120, 139, 151
assassination of 137, 158
Kennedy, Robert F. 100
Kerouac, Jack 68
Kilmer, Billy 98, 101
King, Martin Luther Jr. 85
Kinnell, Galway 149
Kirk, Captain James 168
Knight, Ray 101
Krause, Paul 101
Lambeau, Curly 98
Lead Belly (Huddie William Ledbetter) 60
Letterman, David 40
Longley, Clint 101
Lovesick Lake 3, 4, 5, 10
Luckman, Sid 98
MacLeod, Alistair 148
Maginot Line 89
Malinchak, Bill 101
Manley, Dexter 101
Marino, Dan 98
Marshall, John and Emily 4–5
Matte, Tom 97
McCarriston, Linda 157
McCarthy, Eugene 68
McCarthy, Joseph 158
McDole, Ron 98
McGraw, John 135
Meredith, Don 98
Merton, Thomas 36
Michelangelo
David
admiration for 16
issues with 17
Midnight Oil 40
Miller, Henry v, 17, 39, 41, 68
Air-Conditioned Nightmare, The 64
Tropic of Cancer 20, 39
Minor, Benjamin 135
Mitchell, Bobby 98
Monk, Art 97, 101
Monroe, Marilyn. See Blondes
Montaigne, Michel de 37
Montana, Joe 12, 98
Morrall, Earl 98
Morrison, Jim 90
Morrison, Joe 97
Mosely, Mark 101
Murder in the Dark, how to play 11
Nietzsche, Friedrich 153
Nixon, Richard 85, 95, 120, 154
Norman, Howard 146, 148, 150
The Haunting of L. 148
Oliver, Pam 124–125
Ondaatje, Michael 150
Orr, Bobby 119
Orwell, George 151
Owens, Brig 101
Pardee, Jack 101
Payton, Walter 97
Petty, Tom. See Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Pheromone, Alvis 30, 37, 39
Pheromones, The 37–46, 84–88, 155
Pilate, Pontius 75
Plumly, Stanley 148, 150
Argument and Song 151
Pope, Alexander 29
Potios, Myron 101
Povich, Shirley 135
Quantrill, William 129
Rabelais, François 153
Rathbone, Basil 29
Reagan, Ronald 43, 53, 76, 85, 86, 89, 151, 154, 156
RFK Stadium 95–103
Rice, Grantland 135
Rice, Jerry 97
Rice, Sam 135
Richard McSorely, Father 154
Riggins, John 97
Ritter, Lawrence S. See Thomas, Henry (Hank) W.
Rogers, Will 133, 135
Rolling Stones, The 90
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 151
Ruth, George Herman Jr. “Babe” 134
Ryan, Frank 98
Saul, John Ralston 157
Sayers, Gale 97
Schumacher, E. F.
Small Is Beautiful 85
Selective Service 19, 153
Selig, Bud 121
Serling, Rod v, 151
Shaw, George Bernard 152
Simms, Phil 98
Simon & Garfunkel 86
Sistrunk, Manny 98
Smith, Emmitt 97
Smith, Jerry 98
Smith, Walter Wellesley “Red” 107, 121
Snead, Norman 98
Solari, Rose 158
Starr, Bart 98
Staubach, Roger 98
Steinbeck, John 151
Stevenson, Adlai 68
Swerdlow, David 150
Talbert, Diron 98
Tarkenton, Fran 98
Taylor, Charley 97, 98
Taylor, Henry 150
Taylor, Lawrence 101
Theater-phobia 43, 44
Theismann, Joe 98
Thomas, Henry (Hank) W. 131–136
The Glory of Their Time (with Lawrence S. Ritter) 136
Walter Johnson: Baseball’s Big Train 129–136
Thompson, Bobby 107
Thompson, Hunter S. 68
Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72 149
Thoreau, Henry David 151, 158
Tillman, Rusty 101
Tittle, Y. A. 98
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 76
Tracy, Dick 168
Trudeau, Pierre 151
UFO 11
Unholy Trinity 127
Unitas, Johnny 96, 98
Universe, alternative 85, 90, 91
Van Ronk, Dave 17, 18
Victoria, Queen 4, 5
Vidal, Gore 149
Vietnam, war in 85, 95, 138, 152, 154
Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) 15, 55, 152
Warfield, Paul 97
Washington Capitals 111–117
Washington Redskins 95–103, 113, 139
Over the Hill Gang 98
Watergate 34, 109
Wellstone, John 90
Williams, Doug 101
Writer’s Center, The xiii, 146, 160
Younger, Cole 129