Nov 6, 2016 | Featured, Fiction |
“Men are physically stronger,” the doctor asserted with professional finality.
“Yes, often, and larger, but what does that matter when we have machines? And even when we don’t have machines, when we must dig with the shovel or carry on the back, the men maybe work faster – the big ones – but the women work longer… Often I have wished I was as tough as a woman.”
Sep 28, 2016 | Featured, Fiction, My Lies, Poetry |
that moment our eyes met just walking down the street. there’s no emoji for it, nor an app that can deliver it to your door (traffic contingent within 30 minutes or your money back) that moment our eyes met just finding a seat on the bus. watching the mediocrity...
Jan 25, 2016 | Featured, Fiction |
All of the Indians must have tragic features: tragic noses, eyes, and arms. Their hands and fingers must be tragic when they reach for tragic food. The hero must be a half-breed, half white and half Indian, preferably from a horse culture. He should often weep alone....
Jan 19, 2016 | Featured, Non-Fiction |
It turned out that public shaming had once been a process. A book of Delaware laws I discovered at the Massachusetts Historical Society revealed that if Jonah had been found guilty of “lying or publishing false news” in the 1800s, he would have been “fined, placed in...
Dec 20, 2015 | 2015, Featured, Playlists, Reviews, Toons |
The best albums of 2015 is tough! This year has had a bumper harvest of freaking good new music, even in ‘long player’ form. The way this normally works (in my head aka on this blog) is there’s a list below of individual songs cherry-picked from what...
Jul 30, 2015 | 2015, Featured, Toons |
Pre-emptive, yes. But, the new Jim O’Rourke album Simple Songs may already have claimed the title of best album of 2015. Reptar, Father John Misty, J Fernandez, Kamasi Washington, Sir Richard Bishop, Surfer Blood, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, This Is The Kit,...
