Lost Journal: A Pair of Psychos and a Scared Au Pair
Journal entry: February 27, 1996 (age 26) – Au Pair What’s worse than living with a psychopath? Immediately moving in with another psychopath. Even for a single guy … Read more
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The Orange and Black
Time to carve a gourd, it’s Halloween! Here it comes. Creeping down dark alleys. Overturning garbage cans and spooking black cats. The scariest day of the year. With … Read more
A Poem: On the Arrival of Ebola in New York
Regarding the first case of Ebola in New York The first case of Ebola in New York does not make New Yorkers ebollient. I suspect it’s because … Read more
Iraq: Going from One Bad War to a Worse One
Meet the new Iraq War, same as the old one In 2004, Stuart Bowen of Texas was asked by a friend to take on a difficult and important job, … Read more
Ripping the Headlines Today, 10/21/14
Making fun of the headlines today, so you don’t have to The news doesn’t need to be complicated and confusing; that’s what any new release from Microsoft is … Read more
Lost Journal: Wan Man Plans for a Halloween Tan
Journal entry: October 30, 2009 (age 40) – Halloween Tan While deciding on a Halloween costume this year, the most frightening image I could conjure was of me… … Read more
Voter ID: One Man, One Vote
Voter IDs — because nobody said democracy was supposed to be convenient Whiners. Bounders. Ingrates. Talking about the incessant griping and sniping currently buzzing over long overdue Republican … Read more
Doctor My Eyes: The Ultimate Cataract Surgery Mix Tape
I asked my friends what songs should go on a cataract surgery mix tape With age, comes wisdom. And, frequently, cataracts. (By age 80, more than half of … Read more
Memoir Mania
An ode to the audacity of dough in recent political memoirs The talk shows all trumpet a shocking vendetta revealed in the memoir by Leon Panetta the truth … Read more
A Writer’s Day
How one writer avoids writer’s block: Avoid writing! Wake up, brew strong, black tea. Read newspaper. Sort through bills. Take out trash. Say goodbye to wife, kids. Brew … Read more
