This is dedicated to all the men who have some difficulty planning Valentine’s Day. Wait, that’s redundant. Happy Valentine’s Day to my beautiful and gracious wife. Performed by ipoetlaureate. Music produced by juiceboxjackson. Today’s blong here: [wpaudio url=”https://thefreshjunket.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ff3d0-be-mine.mp3″ dl=”0″ text=”Be Mine“]
Author: The Fresh Junket
Through the Woods
My dad was career FBI. But before he joined the Bureau he was a beat cop in Bessemer, Alabama, a small town outside Birmingham, and famously Bo Jackson’s hometown. (My dad was also rumored to have dunked a stick in the 7th grade . . . in a cup of coffee.) My mom was regularly […]
White Flag
Sometimes you just can’t improve on the Onion. They do North Korea better than anyone. If you haven’t heard, North Korea claims to have conducted three nuclear weapons tests this last week. Some of my thoughts on the ambitions of an armorized North Korea, previously, here and a retread of the blong below. Performed by […]
Coming Out
I don’t know why I’ve chosen to do it now and in this way. I apologize, in advance, to so many of you who won’t understand. I know it will catch many by surprise, considering the image I project in my music life. Others may have long suspected. Regardless, I am aware that your view […]
Como say huh?
So the bipartisan Gang of 8 has proposed an immigration bill that would provide a “pathway to citizenship,” as they say, for many undocumented workers already in the country. To the extent it has some Republican support in the Senate, this represents a kind of reverse course. The November election, among other lessons, has conservatives […]
Deer Blind
For those of you who don’t own any camouflage, wooden duck calls, or lawn gnomes, a deer blind is a kind of small, single or double occupancy, hunting shelter, typically elevated, that disguises the gunman from Bambi. I guess the simple advantage of a long-range firearm and scope is apparently not enough imbalance in the […]
The Truth About Te’o
People have suggested that Manti Te’o must either be the perpetrator of a disgusting hoax or supremely dumb. Numerous pundits, including the likes of Stephen A. Smith and Colin Cowherd, have said that it’s inconceivable that a red-blooded, alpha male, Division I athlete could ever carry on a serious relationship almost exclusively online or by […]
King Luther John Junior
That’s what my brother called Dr. King from about ages 4 to 7. I always thought it had a nice ring. Prior years’ MLK blongs here and here. Last year’s blong about the all Afircan-American and championship-winning polo team, Work to Ride: Happy MLK and inauguration days.
Livedstrong
Watched all of part one. DVRed part deux. I have a lot of thoughts, most of which are in defense of Armstrong, and offensive, according to my wife. He strikes me as really despicable. I felt that way when he left his first wife. But, he has borne the full brunt of what is presently […]
It Only Takes One
The President’s gun violence plan seems pretty reasonable. It doesn’t strike me as executive power too far. Without boring you the history, executive orders are constitutional, especially where they are made within the context of some explicit or implicit congressional authorization, see Dames & Moore v. Regan. Here, the President has tweaked the efficacy of […]
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