Category: extended status update

Nov 24

How I Lived To Be 54

It wasn’t the fauns that jumped the shark

Aug 08

Oh Good Grief

We grieve in different ways. Just ask an exorcist.

Aug 02

I Saw the Light Fading Out: Today’s Haircut

Scoop Away the Heartache

“Some people die on the toilet,” my barber says.

Jan 11

For Those Who Think And Feel: Neil Peart (1952-2019)

Ghost Rider by Neil Peart

Neil Peart was in touch with some reality beyond the gilded cage.

Dec 11

Unclaimed but Not Invisible

marty-barrett-unclaimed-dead-1

Los Angeles has conducted a Burial of the Unclaimed Dead since 1896.

Nov 29

How I Lived To Be Fifty

DAMP-MAT-OF-MY-TRUTH

“If Marty Barrett is fifty, what does that mean for me?”

Jul 10

Annals of True Crime: Love Locks And the AntiChrist

lovelocks on IFPF

If one has spent a considerable amount of time in Coalinga, can you really be surprised when it doesn’t work out?

Mar 07

Remembering Bart Sugarman

“It was one of the most gallant, generous, manly and disinterested Actions of my whole Life,” wrote Bart Sugarman, “and one of the best Pieces of Service I ever rendered my Country.”

Mar 02

Of Possums And Dogs

Gordon Thunderfoot: Murderdog

Even murderers have families.

Sep 11

You’re Not My Father, Queensryche

violent-stupidity

“Silent Lucidity” would be such a great song if “Comfortably Numb” didn’t already exist and I didn’t understand English.