Monthly Archives: April 2024

The Golden Rule is functionally this: the bug you kill today could be the asteroid that smashes you tomorrow, so be fucking careful, lest you generate karmic retribution, motherfucker! You could probably hold off on the profanities, the violence, the … Continue reading →

It is very hard to think back on the people who have forsaken me and remember that they once cared for me. This is a universal problem. I know I’m not alone here. I recall my first girlfriend who broke … Continue reading →

As I walk toward her, I know I’m about to fuck it up. I don’t know what I’ll do wrong but I know that my energy is all wrong now and I know what happened. Knowledge is the enemy. When … Continue reading →

He handed me the bottle and it tasted awful. It wasn’t my first time with beer but it was the first time outside. I had no place to put the bottle so I kept drinking. It didn’t stop being awful … Continue reading →

After the Beatles’ Anthology albums were released, a play came out in Liverpool and Ireland called BEST! It was about Peter Best becoming an international sensational while the Beatles were only one-hit wonders. I haven’t seen it. In our paltry … Continue reading →

There are things I’d like to say but I’m not speaking to the dead these days. I would, you know, but it just won’t pay so I’ve stopped speaking to the dead these days. I’ve renounced talk to the dead … Continue reading →

Mom would stay close to home. Traveling is not much in her nature. As she would say, “You’ve seen one lighthouse, you’ve seen them all.” Dad was not like that. He wanted to see this, visit museums, know the world. … Continue reading →

When my father, who moved out in the seventies, found he had a heart condition, we as a family stopped preparing red meat for meals. We Bergers may live apart, but we also live together. None of us stopped eating … Continue reading →

Home is Antiseptic Ninety Fifth Street where Mother constantly asks, “Can you tell that the floor was cleaned?” I cannot, but upon review, yes, it does look like no crumbs are there. My mess has been removed again. Thank you, … Continue reading →

Our Super-Secret Club had a Super-Secret Treasure. We needed to establish a Super-Secret place to hide it. I thought I had an idea. I brought Eric into the kitchen and brought him under the table beneath the window. “What’s going … Continue reading →