Never eat at a place called Ma's.

Never play cards with a man named Doc.

And never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.¹

--Nelson Algren, A Walk on the Wild Side. 

And what a home boy, Nelson.  Him and Simone De Beouvoir.

A Transatlantic Love… Read full post »

 I t will be back after more revisions.  Not yet ready for prime time.  But, for your enjoyment, from the BOSS himself:

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It sounds awful.  About as low as it gets.  Not a brazen robber or a stealth thief.  But  rather a fundamental dishonesty of total opportunism.  A liar and a cheat. 

 But a four year old girl that cheats at Chutes and Ladders.

She is just saying that it… Read full post »

I am tired of the rhetorical rush to the bottom represented by the notions of "Choice" vs "Pro Life".

I am Pro Death, myself.  I think abortion is a good idea.  It is relatively safe and is so much better than a lot of alternatives, that it should be heavily promoted.… Read full post »

I like my comments better than anything I am posting.  This was a comment.  It got out of hand:

Better Living Through Chemistry: 

"I like my front teeth much better now.
Before, the wine was turning them purple."

The minor vices are hell on your smile. LIke Madmen .... with all the smoki… Read full post »

The criteria this week will be the post plus the comments.  It is the whole package.  And the limit is three.  Unlike catwoman, who will waste your whole weekend with brilliant reading.

How often do we rate a post if we strongly disagree with part of it?  Not very ofte… Read full post »

From IRC, #Poetry 

[Calliope]   Beat Me

[Calliope]   Fuck Me

[Calliope]   Love Me 

In the style of O'Really?

[Calliope]      Beat Me     Take Me

[Calliope]       Fuck Me    … Read full post »

OK, yea I was speeding.  Yea I was paying zero attention.  So the cop stops me, flashing lights.

So, I am totally busted, and just went with it.  The weather was nice enough so I just put my head out the window and shrugged my shoulders and said,"I'm guilty."

So, the… Read full post »

Rap and hip hop would have, could have, and should have claimed Gil Scott as the baby daddy and taken a different fork.

Great article in the Guardian:

 ""Chick lit" has relied for years on repetitive plot lines with heroines who agonise about their weight as they swig chardonnay, smoke cigarettes and have sex with their boss.

But the latest publishing phenomenon to sweep America, which has j… Read full post »

Dana: A Story about Being a Man

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From Reuters, via NPR:

Exceptionally erudite, Levi-Strauss was not the most accessible of thinkers and many of his works are impenetrable to laymen, but he managed to transcend the esoteric bounds of science with "Tristes Tropiques."

A detailed account of social behavior among Brazilian tribes, "Tris… Read full post »

Warning:  Adult Content. 

Philosophy is a mindfuck.  I have to advise people that this is strictly adult content.  Not because of the 'F' word in the usual sense, but because this kind of thinking can really really 'F' with your mind.  First some background:

Pains occupy a di… Read full post »

This happened.  

Toaster Oven.  Customer Service.

 [customer] I need a new rack for the toaster oven.  The old one is rusting.

[rep] You mean a pan?

 [customer] I mean the rack.  the thing you put the toast on.

[rep] People put toast on the pan.

 [customer] You put… Read full post »

Instead of the OS version of War and Peace (or maybe just War), my almost novelette, Finger -- I should have simply posted this:

I don't even know whoTaylor Swift is -- but she is a good sport.  And check out those spiked heels.  No wonder Ellen seems especially engaged w… Read full post »

Finger, Part 1

Finger, Part 2

Finger, Part 3 

Finger, Part 4

Finger, Part 5 

Finger, Part 6 

West Pine Group Home, 9 a.m. The day after

 “Yes, George lives here.  No.  No.  OK.  Yes.”  The social worker spoke into an ancient dial phone.

 … Read full post »

Finger, Part 1

Finger, Part 2

Finger, Part 3 

Finger, Part 4

Finger, Part 5 

Lindsay Lohan  10 a.m.

 Lindsay felt awful.  Her head was pounding and she had bruises where the airbag slammed into her multi million dollar face, her ribcage, and her ample breasts.  But that/… Read full post »

Finger, Part 1

Finger, Part 2

Finger, Part 3 

Finger, Part 4

Winston and Jack  4 a.m.

 Winston drove the big bimmer, an eight series.  Or rather he rode in it while his driver navigated the streets of Los Angeles.  “Thank god for digital technology,” thought Winst/… Read full post »

Finger, Part 1

Finger, Part 2

Finger, Part 3 

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Dr. Whitney Jensen Brown 10 p.m.

Dr. Brown had been on the OB/GYN staff for almost a decade, and never really got used to the procedure.  A rape kit was standard, and Anne was unconscious… Read full post »

Finger, Part 1

Finger, Part 2

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Nurse Anne   8 p.m.

Through the drug haze, Anne could barely make out the figures on the television.  But the voice of Nancy Grace¹ assaulted her ears.  All she knew it that it hurt like he/… Read full post »