Stay Soft, Please.Maybe I’m wrong about this, but I’m pretty sure America is the only place in the entire world where you can regularly spot a large caliber…2d ago2d ago
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How a Fictional Cop from Baltimore and a Real One from New York Changed my Life“That’s not for you, Gabriel.” That was a near-constant refrain of my mother, a short, serious librarian who had very clear ideas about…Sep 20, 2024Sep 20, 2024
When the Theatre is Small; the Love is LargeFinding blood in your underwear is never a good thing. It’s particularly bad if you find blood in your underwear when you’re mid-way…Jul 23, 2024Jul 23, 2024
Maybe Growing Up is Realizing Wes Anderson is Full of ShitI saw Rushmore in the theatre with a friend who is no longer my friend. Nothing “happened” with us. In fact, a few years after we saw…Jun 25, 20242Jun 25, 20242
Why I Visit the Cemetery Where My Parents Will One Day Be“Are you alright?” my mother asked me one day a year or two ago.Apr 18, 2024Apr 18, 2024
Police Suicide: A Failure to Look for the HelpersIt’s interesting to me that law enforcement has been keeping, collecting, and analyzing data on police officers assaulted or killed in…Feb 19, 2024Feb 19, 2024
On The Inevitable Lightness of Democracy’s Death SpiralIt’s the New Hampshire Primary tonight so, naturally, I’m thinking about the scene in the John Waters film “Pecker” where Edward Furlong…Jan 24, 2024Jan 24, 2024
Memories of a Psych Hospital SantaJust as there are Santa's at shopping malls and at your local fire station’s Christmas morning pancake breakfast, there are Santa's in…Dec 23, 20232Dec 23, 20232