Monthly Archives: August 2011

The Fatman Cometh

Obesity has taken over America. Cheap food without nourishment has transformed the nation into a horde of overweight behemoths and they have no intentions of pushing away from the trough of processed food. They are in love with potato chips, Big Macs, and Diet-Soda. These heavyweights suffer from the fears in extremes number, since their […]

Sucker Punch

The CBGB’s bathroom had many purposes. The main use was the traditional release of body waste. Another was spray-painting or magic-markering a band’s name atop the thousands of previous honorees of the toilet hall of fame. The inhalation of cocaine or heroin was more popular in the stalls than shooting up dope or speedballs. The […]

30 Seconds to Fame

The spread of communism terrorized America in the 50s. Joe McCarthy announced that he had a list of government employees working for the Russians. People were ruined by is witch hunt. The infiltrators were few. They worked for both sides. By the 60s our teachers instructed their students to be aware of the conspiratorial tactics […]

And They’re Off

Milt Romney, Michelle Bachman, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Tim Pawlenty, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, and Herb Cain flocked to America’s Heartland to compete in the Ames Straw Poll. Iowa has hosted the GOP event since 1979 and the winner has received the party’s presidential nomination 3 out of 5 times. The Hawkeye State […]

Across The Solent

Empires are ruled by emperors and empresses. Queen Victoria sat on the English throne from 1837 to 1901. The pressure of her reign required regal rest and her summer residence was the Osbourne House on the Isle of Wight. The Italian Renaissance palazzo reminded her beloved Prince Consort of Naples. I have stood on the […]