Clifford Odets had a curious, and tragic, Hollywood career. Younger critics may know him less for his Hollywood product than for the savage parody of him assayed by the Coen Brothers in Barton Fink; there, they focused on the highfalutin young socialist-realist that he was, and not the embittered cynic he …
It seems sort of obligatory to write these Thanksgiving entries, but that’s no reason not to do it. We need a few more obligations in life. Americans could definitely use a stern father figure to tell us “You’ll do it or you’re in big trouble, mister,” at least when it …
It’s not such a bad life, being a tiki god outside the Tahiti-Fa’aa International Airport in Papeete. Nobody really worships me anymore, but the hepcat money just rolls in. And I get to watch the planes come in. I wonder who’s president in America now. It’s probably not still that …
You wake up one morning and go out on the back porch for a smoke (the wife doesn’t like you smoking indoors, or at all, but most certainly not indoors, not with the kid in the house for sure, never indoors) and there it is, fully formed in your mind: …
Thank you for coming, ladies and gentlemen. As most of you are already aware, my reputation in the Kennedy assassination research community is that of a firebrand, a rabble-rouser, and a source of controversy; to be honest, I wasn’t even expecting to be asked here, let alone as the keynote …
“That darned crazy Jack,” I said, laughing and shaking my head. “I wonder where in the world he can be. He ought to know I’d come in some place like this and wait for him.” “He probably had an accident,” she said. “In fact, I think I read something …
“Grandpa!” “Eh? Who’s this?” “Happy birthday!” “Shriver?” “No, grandpa. It’s me, Kenny. I wanted to wish you a happy birthday!” “Leave me alone.” “Ninety-six years young! How are they treating you at the retirement community?” “It’s a nursing home, you cockeyed son of a bitch. Your rotten bastard father put …
I been in this game for years, it made me a mayor/I wrote me a manual, so listen up, players.
“Janet, I’m not trying to tell you how to raise your child.” “Oh, really? Because that’s what it sounds like to me.” “I’m only telling you this because I love you. Because I want to help you.” “This is ridiculous.” “You know I’m right. If you would just look at …
Let me tell you a little something about myself. Today, I am a fat, out-of-shape, and devoutly unathletic middle-aged man. But once, in my youth, I was a fat, out-of-shape, but modestly athletic teenager; and during that time, I played football (as a nose tackle for my high school team) …
In defining the “perfect crime”, there is an interesting debate between criminologists. The most commonly held interpretation is that a so-called perfect crime is one where the perpetrator is never caught – where he gets away with the murder, robbery, or whatever other nefarious deed, and escapes justice entirely. A …
WAYS I WISH LIFE WAS MORE LIKE GRAND THEFT AUTO V Medical bills capped at $5,000 regardless of the extent of the injury Impossible to gain weight Commercial radio still features good music, DJs worth listening to Ability to get away with even the worst crimes by hiding in a garage …
If you are like me, you have a normal morning pre-work routine that consists of checking various websites and social media, which prepares you for the day of labor by making you incredibly depressed, angry and/or resentful before you even arrive on the job. So why not monetize it? …
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ADDICTION SOLITAIRE. Can you make all cards match in descending suits before the junk sickness weakens you? A delightful romp through the worlds of both heroin abuse and online card games. BLACKJACK. Play a game of “21” with a slick Las Vegas sharpster. Later, after you lose, sneak up behind …
