I have three things to say about Alex Rodriguez. 1. He did this to himself. He isn’t very cool. He’s too rehearsed. He probably shouldn’t have chased big money contracts to Texas and then New York. He shouldn’t allow celebrity actresses to feed him popcorn from a bag, Constantine or, rather, middle school, style. He […]
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The Girls
I normally stretch to remember the humanbeingness of serial killers, rapists, and sexual predators. The easiest take is to call them Monsters. In just a few weeks’ time, we’ve seen the Ariel Castro plea and sentencing; heard additional allegations of another Ohio man holding three women; and, just the other day, learned news that a […]
Shameful
The conduct of China’s Princeling, Bo Xilai, you ask? (I like to imagine his last name is pronounced like the prodigious rapper of my youth, Chi Ali.) Nope. That he was just recently indicted for bribery, corruption, and abuse of power? Nope. How about that I already have a Princelings song ready to roll? Uh […]
Extra Mustard
Anthony Weiner is back in the news both as a Mayoral candidate in New York City and for new allegations concerning lewd text messaging with someone other than his wife. I covered briefly his prior transgressions here. His mayoral candidacy is the second high profile political comeback of the year, after former Governor, Mark Sanford, […]
Mott Haven
Performed by ipoetlaureate. Music produced by DJ Clutch (adapted from the original instrumental by DJ Kurfu for the song “The Way We Walk” off my debut album, Simple Moves.) Today’s blong here: [wpaudio url=”https://thefreshjunket.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/74e15-cry-in-the-night.mp3″ dl=”0″ text=”Cry in the Night“]
A House on Beekman
South Bronx. #ESBCNYC13. To be continued.
Freedom Trail
If you’ve ever been to Boston you’ve probably been forced to walk, likely by a mom or wife, some portion of the “Freedom Trail” against your will. You have to wonder why one must abandon so much self determination to walk a trail named “freedom” but, anyway. The Freedom Trail is, of course, a walking […]
The Best Pope Ever
I know something about lifetime appointments. Nearly all my “bosses” have one. Life tenure is necessary to insulate certain kinds of authority from external and political pressures. An island of objectivity. But, pardon me for stating the obvious but a “lifetime” is a really long time. Through age and illness and general decomposition, we all […]
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 […]
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 […]
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