Hardcore.

The crashes thrashed all around like lightning Thunderous fucking blast beats vibrating the wooden floor Climbing up my legs at the Fillmore Bloodsimple was too hard for me then but I love a challenge I came onboard eventually (easy, easy) A Cruel World was brutal at first And Tim’s mouth was full of New York […]

“Secret of Love” by Brad Pitt: Benevolent Sexism and My Facebook Friends

Ugh. Dude… I can’t be the only person who thinks this so-called letter from Brad Pitt to Angelina Jolie is gross. By now, a few friends have shared this turd on my Facebook feed. Of course, they all had good intentions and I understand why people find it appealing, but once you start to examine […]

Inevitable

“Our Sacred Bodies II” by MICHAEL CULHANE Run. The next thought is an inevitable one: if you show affection, you will be rejected. Unleashing, releasing that stupid wave of attention. She’ll figure it out. What’s the worst that could happen, though? Besides an embarrassing end to your avuncular show. (Sometimes uncles are really bad guys […]

National Poetry Month 2014

You know the week is going to be bad when Monday feels like Friday. So fuck it, I’m writing a free form entry about this month’s writing goals. April is National Poetry Month. Determined never to waste another one of these again, I will submit three poems for publication. It’s so weird that my first ever attempt landed me […]

No Ice Cream-Maker Honey Whiskey Ice Cream

It’s the easiest thing ever, requiring only four basic ingredients (none of which are sugar or milk) and no specialized ice-cream-making gadget. But an electric beater does help. A winning entry from BBC’s “MasterChef” series in 1995, I assume it was created by that year’s winner, Marion Macfarlane. I can’t be sure as I found […]