“A man’s subconscious self is not the ideal companion. It lurks for the greater part of his life in some dark den of its own, hidden away, and emerges only to taunt and deride and increase the misery of a miserable hour.”
P. G. Wodehouse
Oct
4
Thanks to The Indie View for giving me yet another opportunity to have people dislike me. Assess the damage yourself here. “I find profanity, racism, sexism, homophobia and the mentally challenged inherently funny.” A real quote from the interview.
Oct
17
Ed was a large man and even he had to admit that nature seldom creates a more dangerous animal than a large man with a short name. Maybe, just maybe, an ox. Which explains why he can’t listen to more than one Psychedelic Furs song at a time. Actually it doesn’t explain it to you, […]
Oct
16
Once summer has succumbed to fall and until the icy grasp of winter has given way to spring I start every morning by having a bowl of oatmeal. I realize this might endanger the hard-partying image of myself I have created through the years, where most of you imagine I simply start the day by […]
Oct
15
“Finally. A challenge.” Not said out loud, not in any fashion we could hear anyway, but thought with great exuberance by a being beyond our understanding and typically portrayed in TV and film as anything from a cartoon to a giant blue Will Smith. Obviously if this entity is beyond our understanding it makes it […]
Oct
14
(originally published Jan 7, 2017. so long ago but feels like yesterday) He knew that you could tell a lot by the girl’s name. He knew it going in. Sophies were engineered to break your heart. He sat alone on the park bench as the snow fell. Large lazy flakes falling straight down, the […]
Oct
12
“Do you want your receipt?” asked the young man behind the counter. “No thanks” replied the older businessman. “Are you sure?” the young man asked again. “Yes. You can chuck it.” There was a long pause but instead of depositing the receipt into the trash as requested the young man hesitated, looked at the receipt […]
