I woke up feeling heavy a lot this past year. I still do. In some ways I have no business doing so anymore. Son's in college, happy it seems. I finally make decent money, and with a really good schedule, I plan to travel more (economy permitting). And check this out: Free rum and cokes, … Continue reading Five years, homies

The kid tried like hell to be liked and get accepted into this one group. A homie got cancer and it's metastasized. He'll kill me if I write a piece about him. I'll probably do it anyway. The war in Gaza? I guess throw in Hezbollah while we're at it? Look, we're Things Men Carry, … Continue reading Year 4 in Review

A few times this past year I was faced with a question that felt like something frothy-toothed and unsettling standing over me. It even happened on a few dates I went on. This one time I got into it pretty hot and heavy with a thirty- something African-American woman. Jeezus, she smelled good too. Like … Continue reading Year in review #2

It's a dreary and drizzly Friday night, wipers on my ‘97 Nissan pickup are shit, and I swear these fucking headlights on cars nowadays are colluding with the mist and shiny asphalt to blind me.  I'm meeting my homie Brian out for a cold one. At least that's who you know him as. "Brian" and I … Continue reading Year in review