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Boys and Cars

I’m talking to the grand-boy last night about cars. Because that’s what I like to talk to the grand-boy about, cars and dinosaurs. I was showing him a picture of a 1963 split window Corvette, and telling him all about it, and how I rode in one once when I was about his age. We […]

Long May You Run…

At about 95 mph and 4000 rpm, smooth as silk, I start to wonder if that driver’s side cam with that funky journal gets loose will it fly through the firewall like a missile coming for me, or just fly around under the hood and wreck my entire day? Next winter maybe new heads. I […]

I Don’t Miss the Life.

I miss the euphoria of seeing the Cape May lighthouse after a day on the bicycle. Two-hundred and eight miles. The last eight counted, too. I never said, “a two hundred mile ride”, it was always the exact number of miles. Donna ringing that cow bell and laughing all day, “you got this, bro…” We […]

And Nothing Happened

Oh Kill a brother in his car, nothing happens. Lead an insurrection against the government of the United States, nothing happens. Threaten the life of the Speaker of the House, nothing happens. Commit tax fraud, nothing happens. Use the office of the President of the US as a cash cow, nothing happens. Give a guided […]

And Nothing Happens

Kill a brother in his car, nothing happens. Lead an insurrection against the government of the United States, nothing happens. Threaten the life of the Speaker of the House, nothing happens. Commit tax fraud, nothing happens. Use the office of the President of the US as a cash cow, nothing happens. Give a guided tour […]

Does It, Really?

The problem with politicians is we are conditioned, from a very young age, to believe they act in the best interests of the voters who elected them. That is not what they are about at all. Never has been. Like killing 50,000 American kids and god knows how many Vietnamese to “keep us safe from […]

Drowning in the Desert

“Right after my boy drowned, I let it all go to the wind. I ran off to the southwest. I had some friends there, and they offered me a place to stay and try to heal and recover. All I did was get fucked up, day in and day out. Mainly out there in the […]

Breaking News!

After a week of watching the news again I’ve learned this about Covid: The vaccine will keep you from getting very sick, unless it doesn’t. Then it won’t, but it won’t kill you, unless it does. So generally it’s good, except when it isn’t, but even then it’s not bad, because after you get the […]

The Dance

Watching the young boys dance, the spray of sweat and spit. Every duck and weave, and every punch that connects reminds me now that we are no longer the same. I’m no longer one of them, I’m a visitor, an outsider. I’m from another place, another time, a different world. I realize I don’t move […]

On Taking a Knee hi

Taking a knee is, at least to me, a bigger statement than BLM. Black Lives Matter, racial injustice, white supremacy is a critically important piece of this act of civil disobedience, but there is much, much more behind it. A history of events and acts brought us here. I’ll never forget my friend Franko, after […]