Archive for 2019/03


Better Things

We want to see ourselves. For all the reality television, there’s very little truth, very little real, it’s all edited to make people look much worse or better, for drama. And this has infected the internet and normal conversation too. People only project their best selves on Instagram, for fear they’ll misstep and become Jerry […]

Farmer’s Daughter

Farmer’s Daughter I could come from miles away Ain’t got No place to stay “Surfin’ U.S.A.” was the first Beach Boys album I bought. Before that came Jan & Dean. I remember the first time I heard “The Little Old Lady From Pasadena,” it was from the 16 transistor boom box hanging on a cord […]

The Pork Chop

The woman next to us was eating one. My mother never cooked pork. It wasn’t a kosher thing, or maybe it was. We weren’t kosher. At the time, only the Orthodox were. A lot of the Conservatives were “phony kosher,” as in kosher at home, but outside, anything went. Kinda like if you keep your […]

Hickenlooper

He’s following the Jimmy Carter playbook. And Carter may be the best ex-President as opposed to one in office, but one thing’s for sure, he won. We underestimate winning. It’s a long road to the top if you wanna rock and roll and AC/DC lit up bars throughout Australia before they shook the world years […]