I have a friend who doesn’t trust anything he can’t perceive through his five senses. He is suspicious of anything not in his immediate experience. He wonders if maybe solipsism is correct. He seeks pleasure because it confirms for him that there is a tangible truth he can grasp. SexContinue Reading
Baby, you’d look good in a flour sack.Continue Reading
There are churches in the mix, doing the work, making a difference. Those? Good on them. Them others? Well . . .Continue Reading
Last week the news was agog with a law passed in Indiana declaring that government could not force someone to do something where that something conflicted with religious beliefs. The thing that really bugs me about the controversy is that it is a double standard. Here we are again whereContinue Reading
#johnk. My buddy and I were kicking around the various malfunctions we suffer from/through with our kin. His Dad somehow picked up the “go away/come here” tactic of some women. It is a core belief of his that any relationship that feels like it is in “come here” mode willContinue Reading
In high school and into my twenties I got a lot of play out of being the wise, protective father figure for shameless hussies with soft boundaries and a burning resentment for the absent/s.o.b. father. As long as she’d get nekkid and dance the horizontal bop with me I wasContinue Reading
First Posted 20-Apr-2015 Here I am, in my house, in the daylight before my next shift as a rideshare driver. I’ve made a good thing, a mostly stable life living in a rented house, with the inventory that many in the world would call wealth. I have good friends IContinue Reading
First Posted 04-Jul-2015 This week, the Supreme Court passed down decisions on ObamaCare and Gay Marriage. A lot of people are celebrating both. I am not. I’ve been waiting to hear from Eugene Lefkowitz, figuring he’d gloat. He did. The e-mail came today: “I”m SOOOO happy right now you justContinue Reading
Old habits die hard. I’m trying in 2016 to break the habit of preaching. The ethic among those in recovery is to share. It’s a good ethic. This post is a fail in that regard. A couple years ago I was in love with yelling at anybody in earshot thatContinue Reading
I ought to wear a dress, identify as a lesbian, maintain a deep tan, and return to being certifiable. People would really, really like me if I did that.Continue Reading