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I felt very still and empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel, moving dully along in the middle of the surrounding hullabaloo. – Sylvia Plath MORNING I look and I look Nary a dolphin in sight. Going sun blind here. AFTERNOON Drinking chardonnay. Listening to “Funky Town.” Already nap time. EVENING Monday night…
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,A light from the shadows shall spring;Renewed shall be blade that was broken,The crownless again shall be king.”― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring So, anyway, another dispatch from DeSantistan. If banners on local swag poles are any indicator, the natives are confused. Nuclear secrets hidden in the minifridge…
My quietness has a man in it, he is transparentand he carries me quietly, like a gondola, through the streets.He has several likenesses, like stars and years, like numerals.― Frank O’Hara There WAS a red wave in Florida. A real crimson tsunami. My wife, a registered Democrat, actually said out loud as she sealed her mail-in…
If you are looking at the midterm results and concluding that the rest of America is clamoring to be more like Florida, I think you are huffing paint. – Tim Miller “Florida is where ‘woke’ goes to die,” the state’s autocratic leader crowed. Did you ever hear anything so damn horrifying and at the same…
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. – Chinese Proverb Most of the time we live on the back of a tiger. And most of the time, the tiger is sleeping. We get to concentrate on being writers, parents; we know who we are and what we’re trying to do. Then every so…
Here are 21 of the elected officials, candidates and other prominent figures who spread misinformation or cast doubt on the attack. In tweets, podcasts and TV appearances, these figures questioned whether the public was being told the full story of what happened and in some cases spread theories that were unfounded. The man alleged to have…
I myself feel that our country, for whose Constitution I fought in a just war, might as well have been invaded by Martians and body snatchers. Sometimes I wish it had been. What has happened, though, is that it has been taken over by means of the sleaziest, low-comedy, Keystone Cops-style coup d’etat imaginable. – Kurt…
Just leave me some ammo, a little water, some chips if you have ’em. – Runt of the Litter On Apr. 8, 2020, in the chaotic early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Fox News host Laura Ingraham welcomed a little-known state senator onto her prime time show. With his unmistakable Minnesota accent and an aw-shucks bearing, Scott…
This article has been condensed, to eliminate the jargon and much of the ‘both-siderism’ lame stream media believes is necessary. I just want to put a face on the anti-democratic forces assaulting our duly elected government. Talking about the phony faithful grandmotherly façade fronting for the criminal cult plotting regime change at home. And I…
For Benji Durden, writing is like pulling teeth. He is also battling cancer, but calmly enough so you don’t want to complain to him about your achy knees. He’s still doing more mileage than you are. Training for the Honolulu Marathon. Him, not me. Anyway, I evidenced zero umbrage about some missing deadline. Not to…