(Title stolen from a free 8Bit Cynics album) “I’ve noticed you’ve been drinking a lot lately,” my mother finally got up the courage to ask. After an awkward pause she added, “Do you think you can stop?” “I’m sure I could,” I grinned. “Any time I wanted… I’ve just never tried.” My joke was met with stony …
Entry title stolen from Bad Religion Today officially begins Donald JockStrapSuckster Trump’s tenure as the most powerful being in the known universe. I’ve spent the last too many months trying to make sense of how we got here. Even back when I was positive he didn’t stand a snowball’s chance in Hell, I still wanted …
( Title suggested in a song by William Elliot Whitmore ) Goodness help us, it’s inauguration day for the 45th president of the United States. And while yes, three million more citizens voted for his opponent, and that out of the 58 elections so far, only 12 have snuck into the White House with fewer electoral …
(Title stolen from Bad Religion’s absolutely brutal first album) What class are you? If you’ve ever heard this question it’s probably only been once or twice, and from a young ’un who didn’t know any better. If you’re from the United States it’s because we don’t believe in such things, and if you’re from anywhere …
Believe it or not, title stolen from a band! How we talk and think about emotions is an offense to feelings. We say we’re; happy, surprised, scared, angry, sad, disgusted, or whatever, as if it’s that simple. As if we only ever feel one thing at a time. That’s the emotional equivalent of a child’s …
(Title stolen from New Order and beaten into submission) Apparently, the bondage of wedlock is a holy, unbreakable institution – that might shatter and crumble like a communion wafer if I keep spitting my little opinions at it. Or at least that’s what some seem to believe, judging by their reactions to my digitally ephemeral …
(Tital stolen form Doug Stanhope) As one might imagine, my last post called many generous souls from the (ivory) woodwork to grant me a peek at their enlightenment. Marriages, they tell, give you tax-breaks, give spouses power-of-attorney if one becomes incapacitated, makes wills and inheritances much easier, helps kids do better in school, clears up …
Of all the things you’ll ever do in your life, sex is the most important. Yes, without a little assault with a friendly weapon every now and again, your life would be completely meaningless, or at least that’s what science tells us. It used to be Survival of the Fittest meant the strongest, cleverest, and/or bestest, beasties …
I hate television. I don’t think I’ve ever owned one that got channels. I have to admit though, occasionally through cultural osmosis a show or a character will capture my attention, and hold the poor hyperactive little thing hostage until it wastes away. They can’t survive in captivity, you know. My favorite shows often are …
As a younger traveler, I’d march through the airport draped in rags held together with chains, safety-pins, and bits of shredded patriotism. Like gutter royalty I wore a crown of multicolored dreadlocks spiking in every direction. Upon my shoulders hung all the weight of the world in a pack with an upside-down American flag on …