I used to write stuff. I used to paint pictures too. Some of it, occasionally, wasn’t half-bad. It takes head and heart and soul to do anything creative. The best…
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Category: Diatribe, Self-Recrimination and Other Shaky Convictions
Farewell Mr. Potato Head’s scrotum I regret never getting to know’d ‘im As for his testosterone, tater twin tots Here’s a bouquet of forget-me-nots I guess it’s a sign of…
Five steps to better mental health: Don’t bathe your mother. Have at least one balanced nutritional meal every day. Avoid magic tricks. Fresh underwear daily. Don’t bathe your mother. I…
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I am under the increasingly persistent impression that on a bright and beautiful May morning way back in 1965, God put on his slickest, whitest sneakers, exited his front door,…
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I’ve got to hand it to Hollywood; they lured me into another summer blockbuster shit-show of epic proportions and ponderous duration. Fool me once, shame on me, fool me time…
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What is life if not an endless cycle of crime and punishment, sin and penance? I’ve been reading a lot of Old Testament lately and one thing has been made…
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I spent last Sunday evening standing on queue with a bunch of doppelgangers. Men in their fifties and sixties with grey heads, grey beards and glasses, each one carrying some…
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Among the spoils of a recent haul of old books was a quaint little volume first published in 1959 called What will I be from A to Z, written by…
Men who’ve earned jowls Should be wiser than owls With accomplishments and accolades many Then there are those For reasons he only knows Who wake up suddenly old without any
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Straight out of the gate I want to be very clear about something. The message of this discussion and my preaching on this particular subject is grossly hypocritical. I have…
Word. Check it out while I break this down, Ba-ba-ba-bargains! Buh- -buh- -buh- -bargains Ba-ba-ba-bargains! Buh- -buh- -buh- -bargains You see I got a little problem with the Salvation Army…
I refuse to pray, because God made me the stubborn kind There ain’t no conversation with the Lord, gonna ease my mind The whiskey and the wanting have become my…