“I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on here!” ~ Claude Rains as Capt. Louis Renault in Casablanca. It’s one of my favorite movie scenes ever, and makes me laugh each time it crosses my mind. For the benefit of those who have not seen one of the most famous flicks ever, and…
Sunday evening, 6:22… It’s been one of those rare weekends where I have accomplished almost all of the things I had set out to do on my mental to-do list. Cleaned the house, went out to dinner, had a couple of drinks, put out a shit-ton of interview requests for Dangerous Conversation, did the food…
The Adventures of Michael the Ginger-Albino Golbin – Episode 2: Michael’s Bad Trip If you haven’t already read Michael the Ginger-Albino Goblin’s previous adventure: The Pizza Box Is Alive and Nutella Is Delicious, then you may want to catch up and read it before continuing with this story – just to get a little familiar with Michael…
“If today you can take a thing like evolution and make it a crime to teach it in the public school, tomorrow you can make it a crime to teach it in the private schools, and the next year you can make it a crime to teach it to the hustings or in the church.…
Taking a trip with Salvia Divinorum Not many things are less interesting than opening your front door for the pizza delivery driver who is presenting you with your delicious pepperoni pizza and its soft drink side-kick. Unless… you are doing it tripping balls on a lovely little herb called Salvia divinorum. Then and only then…
A Reflective Stroll With H.L. Mencken In the humid summer days of middle Tennessee, in the year of someone’s lord or some such commonly known as the year 1925, a grand charade which surely would’ve rivaled the likes of Shakespeare was planned and conducted for publicity which still manages to drive economic activity in the…
…you have to get paid for it or else you’re going to be locked up.” ~ Hunter S. Thompson (July 18, 1937 – Feb 20, 2005) Today, on what would have been his 76th birthday, I wanted to post something about my favorite journalist/author, Hunter Stockton Thompson. But as I thought about what to write,…
“Mob law does not become due process of law by securing the assent of a terrorized jury.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Baseball’s All-Star Game is upon us, and it always brings back great memories from my youth. Like in 1964 when I had my transistor radio taped to the handlebars of my bike, pedaling…
“Interestingly enough, I have found that the prayers I offer to the sun and the prayers I formerly offered to God are all answered at about the same 50% rate.” ~ George Carlin I was talking to a friend today who told me a story about answered prayers. Their only car broke down, and they…
This is an internationally read blog and is meant for anyone to read, but this author is a resident of Rutherford County, Tennessee, where the viral YouTube video entitled “4th of July DUI Checkpoint – Drug Dogs, Searched Without Consent, While Innocent” was taken. For anyone who has not yet seen the video: http://youtu.be/w-WMn_zHCVo Much…
Last year, Murfreesboro unmarked police stopped me illegally on Highland Ave. within a mile of my house and questioned me as to why I was driving in my own neighborhood. I called the station and went in person to complain, but was basically blown off by government employees who didn’t seem interested in taking a…
Author’s note/disclaimer: What is written here is protected under the first amendment of the United States Constitution. No threats or encouraging of violence are being made towards any individuals, including law enforcement officers/agencies. The following is my personal and professional opinion as well as documented factual information about American law enforcement. Neither the author nor…
The Austin morning promised an equally beautiful afternoon, with projected temps barely passing the 90 degree mark—fantabulous weather for a show of force on the Capitol steps. I thought we’d arrived much too late to make it inside the building and up three flights of stairs to the Senate gallery, but by some serendipitous warp…
“I think gay marriage is good for the economy, at least those of us in the food biz and lawyers (gay divorce).” ~ Linda Lee Catering and counseling, that’s the future. But before you make any decision about the quote above, give yourself a Paul Harvey break and hear the rest of the story. Paula…
