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"John Kerry tells the truth..."   and if you are the Secretary of State, well, that is just not tolerated. I have always been conf...

There are so many stories in the news this morning that seem to prove that there are million ways to be stupid, and very few ways to be smar...

Speaking of "live shows," the National were recently in Chicago, and they played a four-night stand at the Chicago Theater. We mis...

I wrote about last Friday's  whitewolfsonicprincess show in our  r&r diary here.   It truly was an extraordinary night.  Didn't...

Yes, I understand, this is easier said than done. But it took me a long time to even think this... We must embrace the world, and let go ...

I wrote about about our crazed, conspiracy-obsession here .  But then my mind raced, my mind wandered... If you take a simple definition o...

It's so simple. But true. Every step counts. Every breath too. We may not remember each and every one, most assuredly it's not in ou...

This opening credit sequence from True Detective is absolutely brilliant and thrilling. And so happy that the Handsome Family gets some wel...

I do think we are a conspiracy-theory obsessed culture. We've been lied to so often by the "powers that be,"  and each other, ...

When Jim Jarmusch makes a movie, it's always a major event. Check out "Dead Man," "Ghost Dog," or "Stranger th...

You are left with the simple things… a restful sleep, a good meal, surrounded by a few beings you know and love, engaged in activities that ...

We are bounded on all sides by mystery. All the important stuff - life, death, love - are really quite baffling and mysterious. We think we ...

I was in thrall to  Gabriel Garcia Marquez ' novels. Still am. I was reading Marquez, on a major Marquez kick, at the same time I was...

You tell me, "You have to learn to tame the fire." And I think to myself, "I'm only happy when I am stoking the flames....

This is good - "How Irony is ruining our culture." And it invokes one of my heroes, David Foster Wallace. We are swimming in a cu...

I've probably written a blog similar to this one before, but really, I don't mind… Do I grab the wheel and hold on with dear life?...

Remember when I blogged about "bliss?"  It was so long ago. 2 posts ago. And well, it seems like a million miles, and a million y...

"Yeah, and remember when that woman read your fortune, and she said that you "lived with the Devil?" And she pointed at me? R...

Okay, I suppose you can define bliss… "euphoria, utter joy, supreme contentment." But how to explain it? How to understand what b...

I've been on a Smiths kick lately. That most cult-like of cult bands. Think 80's Manchester. For me, they are a timeless band...