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Nov.24.2008
When cartoonist Walt Kelly said, in 1952, "We have met the enemy and he is us," he probably had no idea how applicable it would become throughout the years to follow. Yet for the people who shaped the 1960s and for whom by the 1970s "most of the significant components of the 1960s...
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Oct.24.2008
The recent violent beating, burning and dragging of a young cognitively impaired adult stuns us.
Does it stun us enough to understand and take action?
The young Lakeville, Minnesota man who was beaten and burned, lost sight in one eye and is now bleeding internally will be physically scarred...
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Sep.29.2008
The universe giveth and the universe taketh away. Goat to hero. In the blink of an I. The bat of the lash. And in the end what I'm doing, the things I'm focusing so maniacally on, are so minute and insignificant in the context of the collapse of the Empire, a tragedy dressed as a comedy,...
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Aug.26.2008
Master of Ceremonies: a True Story of Love, Murder, Roller Skates, and Murder Diary, Day 1, 8-25-08
The Olympics are over. I am sad and relieved. Sad because I won't get to watch Michael Phelps or Usain Bolt be superhuman anymore. But also because I love watching sports you never get to see,...
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Jul.02.2008
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, June 29...They're speeding, kvetching and sporting lacy teddies under their abayas. Welcome to the new Saudi Arabia.
The desert theocracy, long under the iron control of Wahabist fundamentalists, is experiencing a massive social upheaval that will change it forever,...
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Jun.24.2008
This is a really cool piece I did in college--it's a "third party" experiment. Basically I took a "second party" experiment and took it a step farther...what's the experiment about, Steve?!? FFS...
Essentially, someone wrote a poem in first person...another person reads it and...
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Apr.25.2008
It was chopped, a neat cut, glistening like white rapids on the lid of the flusher. The choices were few. #1: Roll up a Washington and raft down the cocaine river. #2: Taste it, a check for Ajax or worse. #3: Report it to the bartender and yell, "What kind of fucking place are you running...
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Apr.07.2008
One of my friends sent me a funny birthday card: on the front is a picture of Saint Dude, the Patron Saint of Lost Brain Cells. St. Dude has long brown hair, a beard, and a halo. He wears sunglasses and carries a bong in one hand and a beer bottle in the other. Marijuana plants and Zig Zag...
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Apr.03.2008
Last night, a double act crack team, usually expert in execution of their plan, failed in their mission. The male entered the bar and created a violent disturbance, flailing his arms, screaming and frothing at the mouth, out of control. In hot pursuit, the doorman arrived, grabbed him, and marched...
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Feb.14.2008
Oddballs and misfits are prime fodder for writers. Bangkok was filled with characters during the Vietnam War, and I was always on the lookout for an offbeat story. I taught English as a Peace Corps Volunteer during the day, but spent my nights and weekends freelancing for the Bangkok World under a...
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