Sequels are Stupid….Part II In case any of you were wondering, I write this column for a reason. Beyond just amusing myself with witty banter and inane observations, I use TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less to draw people to my website, www.waitingfortoday.com, in hopes that they will peruse excerpts from my best-selling debut novel, […]
A Piano and a Goat Walk Into a Bar
A Piano and a Goat Walk Into a Bar Say it ain’t so, Joe! The Chicago Cubs are finally back in the World Series. Well, that didn’t take long now, did it? Only 71 pain-staking, gut-wrenching years of devoted fandom. But hey, what’s a few decades when we’re talking about one of the most beloved […]
To Trump Or Not To Trump
Well, that got ugly quick, didn’t it? A couple of weeks ago, we all thought this was going to be a real election. We saw the poll numbers and believed that this one might actually go down to the wire. Many of us were hyperventilating into brown paper bags to relieve ourselves of the fear […]
Wipe That Stupid Smile Off Your Face
Wipe that Stupid Smile Off Your Face So it appears that a group of maniacal lunatics dressed as evil clowns have been terrorizing the country recently, scaring the literal crap out of children in the woods, sending vague threats to local authorities, and forcing school closures nationwide. And this time I am not just referring […]
Damn It Feels Good to be a Hipster
Damn it Feels Good to Be a Hipster We’ve all seen them. Our neighborhoods are being overrun by a new demographic, a group that continues to propagate and spread its cultural impact like a plague that infects the multitudes and then lingers without a cure. In recent years, their numbers have grown dramatically, […]
Take ‘Em Kicking and Screaming
Take ‘Em Kicking and Screaming I’m not going to lie: I love the scheduling flexibility and freedom that my writing vocation affords me. Now don’t let that concept fool you; I work my tail off, and if you don’t believe that, I suggest you try writing and editing ten thousand words a week. I put […]
An Olympic Debacle
An Olympic Debacle C’mon, just admit it. You know you tuned into the Rio Olympics this past week at least in part to see the disaster it had all the potential in the world to be. You know that like Heath Ledger’s Joker, you wanted to see the dumpster fire this Olympics was supposed to […]
America’s Legal Narcotics Cartel
America’s Legal Narcotics Cartel So now we know how Prince died. Guess that wasn’t all that big a surprise, now was it? Guy was popped up on more pain pills than a rhino at the zoo after knee surgery. It’s a bad sign when you are in your own home and you are carrying your […]
Shooting Democracy’s Brains Out
Shooting Democracy’s Brains Out I’m not going to lie; I’ve been putting this off for quite awhile now. I haven’t wanted to write a column about the gun epidemic in America. First of all, it’s never wise to piss off a bunch of people who, by definition, are packing heat. Second, I understand how divisive […]
Believe it or not, Women are Sexist Too….
Believe it or Not, Women Are Sexist Too In 1991, during an interview with Playboy, Spike Lee famously declared that “black people can’t be racist.” I must admit that did not sit well with me as it stood in direct opposition to the understanding I had of societal race relations. From my experience, every ethnic […]