Made Men

       Catterly never pictured himself going out this way; standing in some god-forsaken heat sink, clad in the official old man’s uniform of big-butt cargo shorts and a Tommy Bahama Hawaiian shirt, guzzling white wine—probably Pinot Grigio, for Christ’s sake—and surrounded by a bunch of other wrinkled codgers; an entire community playing footsie with the gravedigger.        No, his retirement … Continue reading Made Men

A noisy rescue

Damn, it’s hotter than two rats wrestling inside a wool sock next to the fireplace out here! I can barely concentrate on the intensity of combat with the sunburn I’ve got on the backs of my hands. It feels like they're being held inside a 400-degree oven. I misplaced my flight gloves earlier--the ones my … Continue reading A noisy rescue

Deal?

Did you see Barack and Donald chatting like two homies at 39's funeral? There's woke stars out there right now, still hyperventilating. Someone give those poor bastards some oxygen. Breathe, libs, breathe. Oh, and we mustn't forget these same woke stars and atheists and woke atheists taking down their Jesus-loving trees and ornaments and lights … Continue reading Deal?

Che

Years back, on New Year's Eve, in a crowded and cramped apartment in downtown Havana, my then wife and I partied with a family of Cubans that covered about three generations. They loved dancing. The spread put out by a big-butted matriarch was comprised of okay-tasting beans and yucca and expensive chicken and enough rum … Continue reading Che