Coffee and DVR Break
Saturday off. Cup of French Roast in my Marine Corps mug and Night Court on the DVR. Just trying to detach from the dystopian hellscape of 2025 for a few minutes.
Tagged: Popular Culture
If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. – Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993), U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1969
Old Writing Becomes New Again
Citations of previously published writings are like a gift that keeps on giving. Over the last three decades, my writing in various forms have been cited, quoted, reprinted and otherwise covered in journal articles,...
Super Bowl Half-Time Hypocrisy
Fascinating to watch all of the white people who bizarrely see Melania Trump as the epitome of class, now clutching their pearls at the sight of a couple of beautiful, talented Latinas with empires...
Influences, Illness and New Beginnings
I only took a few books with me to Operation Desert Shield/Storm. Anne Sexton’s “The Complete Poems” was one of the few I included to read. It was dog-eared, highlighted and underlined throughout. Back...
Dusty Treasure (or Do You Know Where Your Book Has Been?)
I used to read Wil Wheaton’s blog all the time. I used to read a ton of other blogs more regularly. I need to start again. The world is shit so often that we...
Beard? No Beard? Seriously, I Don’t Care. (or Please Go The Fuck Away)
I always find the idea that manhood is tied to specific traits to be utterly bizarre. I can change my own tires, oil, brake pads/shoes, belts, starter, etc. Hell, I have even changed...
Yes, Fake News Exists. No, It Is Not The Cause of Our National Stupidity.
Photo credit: ePublicist via Foter.com / CC BY-ND This is an interesting interview with Liz Wahl on disinfo and fake news. No, I don’t take the childish paleo-libertarian (read: knee-jerk-politically incorrect-get off my...
Progress and Loving
As someone who has dated and married interracially, I’m looking forward to seeing this movie. As the founder of The Multiracial Activist, I am really looking forward to this film to see one of...
Dark Wizard Politics
True story. NOTE: Criticizing Trump does not equal an endorsement of Clinton or anyone else. I should not have to explain that to rational adults, but for some reason it is a recurring theme...