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PUBLISHER – R. Speen

Born in Kokomo, Indiana in 1980, Raymond Aloysius Speen has the knees of someone twice his age. Being indirectly responsible for popular usage of the modern slang adjective, Speenish, is something of which he is not necessarily proud. After toiling in a variety of professions, including house painter, detective, and ship captain, Ray found himself in the Pacific Northwest where he completed his legendary, epic film, Seafood (currently unavailable). He enjoys coffee, loud music, and good times.

EDITOR – Randy Russell

Randy Russell was born in Sandusky, Ohio, and his age is a carefully guarded secret. His career path (as houseman, room cleaner, factory worker, dishwasher, canvasser, student, trophy maker, warehouser, delivery driver, store owner, messenger, compliance investigator, temp, filing specialist, librarian, receptionist, screenwriter, stocker, app developer, administrative assistant, actor, clerk, consultant, and grocery bagger) has taken him to New York City, Ohio, Iowa City, Seattle, Portland, and Milwaukee. He is currently engaged as a writer, artist, musician, and the editor of this website.

RSPEEN.COM STAFF

New York correspondent Richard “Dick” Skiller writes about restaurants, food, sacral architecture, travel, and the lack of travel. He can be found wandering the halls of the Edison Hotel.

Covering New York and the Tri-State area, Lisa Denzler’s specialty is fine dining, the Seventies, French cinema, and unofficial uchiage.

Veteran reporter Eugene Sprucewood covers the difficult subtleties of fishing, invisible ink, James Mason, and seatbelts, from the Midwest office.

On the West Coast, Duane Thorpe, the oldest member of the staff, is our consultant on point estimation, the nuthatch, semicolon use, and aprons.

B. DeBenning and Mycroft Conway team up to report on the Chesapeake Bay region, cats, and Delacroix knockoffs.

Back in the Milwaukee area, Whitney Taylor reports on cocktails and recreational dentistry.

On the international scene, Air France covers unwed unions, Quonset huts, batfowling, and aphthous ulcers.

Great Lakes correspondent, I.N. Menhaden, then, dives deep into Aghazadeh, Robert Frost, pain killers, animal rescue, and intentional gaffes.

Taking over the MEMO page (for a while, at least), Kenneth Oates specializes in domestic travel, storm chasing, family restaurants, dowsing lore, and romance.

ADDITIONAL WRITERS, CONSULTANTS, CONFIDANTS AND THEIR AREAS OF EXPERTISE

H. Houndstooth – Peanut butter, David Mamet, power tools, the houndstooth pattern.

Stephanie Katona – Brutalist architecture, cocktails, family, hideouts.

Ridge Ridgewood – Encomium, music, springtime, and obscure dog breeds.

Randolph Hunt – Science fiction, toast, freedom, disparagement.

Maggie Nutt – Oikos, mirror politics, university, love, gluten-free pasta.

Carter Bryson – Mayonnaise, the aerie, sadhus, virtual reality, pizza, manors.

Chase Appleton – Diner food, manners, Shishido, soft ocher, adventure.

A. Franciosa – AI, avocado toast, Los Angeles, cafes, tyranny, Cat Power, jazz.

Randy Lincoln – Shamrocks, representation, old restaurants, clown art.

Ed Avery – Johnsonville, 2036, wobbulator, aioli, legal issues.

R. Flay – Grooming, treachery, Colorado, professional wrestling.

Travis Williams – Linens, smartphones, osiers, happiness, country music.

Robert Harmon – Cat fiction, culture, spin rates, hoosh, non-fiction.

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