“We watched our friends grow up together And we saw them as they fell Some of them fell into Heaven Some of them fell into Hell” ― Shane MacGowan, Poguetry “Authority is supposedly grounded in wisdom, but I could see… Read More ›
Month: May 2019
SUMMER DOES NOT MEAN SLOW
“He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22 “The world must be all fucked up,” he said then, “when men travel first class and literature goes as freight.” ― Gabriel… Read More ›
THE PARALLELS OF BASEBALL AND LIFE
“Have you ever thrown a ball 100 miles an hour? Everything hurts. Even your ass hurts. I see pictures of my face and say, ‘Holy shit’, but that’s the strain you feel when you throw. I had one of those… Read More ›
THE SUN SETS ON ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR
“My own heroes are the dreamers, those men, and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results… but… Read More ›
A SEA OF RED OVERTAKES NASHVILLE
“I’ve never had a humble opinion. If you’ve got an opinion, why be humble about it?” ― Joan Baez “Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” ― Thomas Jefferson … Read More ›
HOUSTON, WE HAVE LIFT OFF
“I read somewhere that 77 percent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I’m more intrigued by the 23 percent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves.” ― Jerry Garcia “I like grit, I like love and… Read More ›
EVIL EYE FLEAGAL IS ON THE RUN
“Cities controlled by big companies are old hat in science fiction. My grandmother left a whole bookcase of old science fiction novels. The company-city subgenre always seemed to star a hero who outsmarted, overthrew, or escaped “the company.” I’ve never… Read More ›
THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY
“I might have made a tactical error not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that didn’t pay off.” ― Warren Zevon “I think there’s a great beauty to having problems. That’s one of… Read More ›
TEACHERS ARE SICK
“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.” ― Socrates “If you’re not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?” ― Gene Wilder Today we are going… Read More ›
IT IS NOT LIKE YOU WEREN’T WARNED
“Birds scream at the top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at daybreak to warn us all of the truth, but sadly we don’t speak bird.” ― Kurt Cobain “Moral wounds have this peculiarity – they may… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 