I could never claim to love sports. I’ve always been bad at them except for dodgeball which is a sport I relish in of itself and how I viciously mocking others for missing me. I flirted briefly with a love of football that year the Patriots went almost 19-0 but lost in the Superbowl to…
On the way back from Sorry to Bother You (directed and written by The Coup’s Boots Riley) a couple of my friends were discussing what made the film work. We all agreed that it was a movie we’d never seen before and unlike Black Panther (a terrific movie in its own right) it wasn’t just…
Well, you don’t always need many interviews to finish off a chapter. Sometimes you just need one. A long one. Frank Decker is your guy for that sort of thing. Frank Decker (Interstate Truckdriver) So this time Terkel has it as “truckdriver” but my web browser disagrees this is a word. It’s a nice(?) middle…
They say write what you know (whose they?) and I’m doing that in spades today for this late original article entry. Basically, I’m sick. I tend to think I’m invulnerable and impervious to the effects of sickness around me but a few times a year I’m proven wrong (maybe cause I skip the flu shot).…
Cooperation is a wonderful thing when it goes well. Coordinated efforts towards a common good can make the hardest of tasks seem so much easier. Whether it’s in your personal life, while a disaster could be happening, or for something as simple as just managing a party, coordination is an essential part of our existence.…