Muck Raking for pennies

Yowza, this might make things messier than many may have thought possible.

The flowery prose of Roger Cohen's world travel op-ed columns elicits strong feelings from this fake meximan, of fire and brimstone. I've decided to reinvent the blog and start dedicating it to reaching my personal goal of living in a post-moral world. I want to see videos of RA the rugged man teaching a 7 year old girl how to shoot an automatic rifle, these things are important for America.

So, it looks like shit is not gonna go so well for some people in this day and age; I keep meeting bored ex-pats and it is utterly puzzling.

So here's a poem i wrote:

Concubine,

The coins on the dresser
might fetch the morning paper
and a cup of fresh brewed tea

The paperback copy
of "A Separate Piece"
should remain ajar at page 13

Have you fared well
in your latest dreams
truthfully, do tell

When I return
we'll discuss till
it ends with quiet

complacency, a kiss
and a cleft soaking
wet for some reason

NEWHOUSE!!!!

So if you aren't a regular at Newhouse's Bushwick blog then you are a fucking fool.

More important is his utilization of the film Roger Dodger to illustrate his point about struggles with relationships. That movie really hit home hard for me; a verbose male protagonist, prone to selfish delusions, takes his nerdy nephew under his wing for a night of debauch in NYC. The results are much darker and less slapstick than the average viewer may hope; but to quote Newhouse, "my humor is darker than [that of] the starting center for the Celtics." (that would be Kendrick Perkins)

Tragedy + Time=American Foreign Policy

Is it just me? Or can we all agree that super groups never really live up to their billing? Just like a mashup, I always find myself preferring the distinct elements in their original context as opposed to (occasionally) cleverly juxtaposed. CSNY are one of the few exceptions, because they can do things like this: A casual morning greeting in Japanese

The Best White Dunker That Ever Lived (Ask Marc Jackson) & Possibly The 20 WORST Free Agents of 2008:



Yakhouba Diawara-Ain't Shit
Austin Croshere-Old White Money
Loren Woods-Like James Woods and John Chaney made a baby
David Harrison-Sort of like Dave Foley on Newsradio
Dan Dickau-Never a good sign when your wife has had more on court success in the NBA than you have in a 5+ year career.
Smush Parker-Shrump Rakes is the best anagram I could come up with on the spot.
Patrick O'Bryant-Workout Warriors!
Tyronn Lue-NCAA eligibility reinstated so he can play at USC next year.

Jose Juan Barea-Despite what every Puerto Rican who follows the NBA might tell you, JJ Barea is a lot more like JJ Reddick than JJ from What's Happening If only anyone could get that excited about the Commonwealth that has produced such legends as P.J. (Party John) Ramos, Carlos Arroyo & some of the most inappropriate usages of baby tee shirts I have ever seen.

So there you have it folks. What's that you say? I didn't name 20 players? Well maybe I was making a subtle statement about the American School System's need to reform its math and science programs. Ok I wasn't, I just can't bring myself to keep thinking about how many lousy free agents have a solid chance of getting signed on to an NBA roster while people I actually want to see as 12th man on the Cleveland Cavaliers (READ:FLIGHT WHITE!) or as unlikely rotation players on a contender (READ: Davon Jefferson as the only suitable replacement for RJ in NJ) suffer the indignities of having to work a lot harder at earning the right to be in the league.

P.S.-Apple Scruffs by George Harrison gets better with each listen