One of Hunter S. Thompson’s most famous quotes isn’t – a quotation, that is. The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, andContinue reading
Back To School Proposal: Prohibiting Purchase Of School Supplies By Teachers
The Ideal Gift For Teachers Back in the days when I was a single parent with two kids in school, I set myself the goal of upping the Showalter family game in teachers’ giftsContinue reading
On Julie’s Birthday: “We made in those days tiny identical rooms inside our bodies which the men who uncover our graves will find in a thousand years, shining and whole.” From Gold By Donald Hall
Julie Liked Yellow Roses On Her Birthday One of the few reliable sources of solace I found after the death of my wife, Julie, almost 19 years ago has been Donald Hall’s poetryContinue reading
Sam Kinison – Extraordinarily Loud, Rude, Offensive, & Funny
They Didn’t Call Him “Subtle Sam Kinison” Sam Kinison was, in fact, an extraordinarily loud, rude, offensive (“offensive” is, of course, a subjective judgment; so, I suppose, one might or might not find Kinison’s routineContinue reading
Pimp My Assistive Walking Device
Introduction In 2007, I broke my hip in a bizarre non-accident and was consequently relegated to limping behind a walker for six months (See Walkernastics). When a reader recently wrote that she, too, was temporarilyContinue reading
