Happy Birthday!
by Dick MacSEVENTY!It's an impressive age: 70 years old.I do not know many people who lived so long. Neither of my parents lived to seventy. My father died at 51 and my mother was 65. None of my...
View ArticleDear David Bowie
by Dick MacI still have the clock-radio I received for Christmas in 1980. One morning, in Roxbury, Massachusetts, it woke me with news radio station WEEI-AM announcing that my friends Kitty and Peter...
View ArticleReaccommodate
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View ArticleThree of My Last Ten Facebook Posts were "Political" and That Makes Me a...
by Dick MacThe past couple of days I've spent more time on Facebook than usual. I've been un-following a bunch of pages that are click-bait disguised as cultural and political sites. Generally, I post...
View ArticleIf I Ever Was With A Woman And She Ended Up Being Like Lil Duval, I'd . . .
by Dick MacI'd feel really sorry for her, because Lil Duval is a sad little person.Women are never little pussies like Lil Duvall. I mean, this guy is a total pussy. He is so insecure he has to prop...
View ArticleKaren Fonseca's Etsy Store
by Dick MacPhoto from Karen Fonseca's Facebook PageKaren Fonseca is the woman who made a sticker for her vehicle that read "Fuck Trump and Fuck You for Voting for Him."Local law enforcement who were...
View Article2017 Crushes
by Dick MacThe day after Christmas, 2017, a Twitter account I follow tweeted about acting on a crush. It was posted by a person on whom I have a crush and it made me start to think about what this...
View ArticleHoliday Greetings this New Years' Eve
by Dick MacIn order to avoid offending the delicate sensibilities of "conservative" and "libertarian" Americans, for whom anything outside their realm of experience is unacceptable, I said "Merry...
View ArticleBoycott VISA
by Dick MacVISA, the credit card company, offers a card branded by the NRA (National Rifle Association).The NRA promotes and supports unchecked, limitless private ownership of machine guns. Machine...
View Article2018 In Review
by Dick MacSome thoughts about the year just passed.WomenWomen need to take over the world, and during 2018 it started to feel like this might happen.The phrase "Me Too" was first used in 2006 by a...
View ArticleDear David Bowie:
by Dick MacGood morning!Shortly after I awoke, I was on my phone poking around the virtual world that has become a disquieting part of reality. I was reading this and that about rich people paying...
View ArticleDragon Spring Phoenix Rise, at The Shed
by Dick MacOK, I wasn't going to say anything about this, but I can't stop thinking about it, so I have to write it down.Raise your hand if you know any American-born Asians from Queens.How about any...
View Article2019 Events I Deem Notable (with some snide remarks thrown-in)
by Dick MacIt's the end of the year. It's not the end of the decade. Here are some things that happened in 2019, listed with some sarcastic commentary:Millions of women create a 300 mile 'Women's...
View ArticleDear David Bowie:
by Dick MacGood morning, sailor!Haven't heard from you again for quite awhile. It reminds me that you likely won't be writing to me again; but I hold out hope. Against my own better judgment, I still...
View ArticleCircle Gets The Square In Key West
by Dick MacIt was a night between Christmas and New Years, in December, 1976. I was living on Duval Street with my boyfriend, right across the street from Delmonico's. I had been drinking since 1971,...
View ArticleThat Movie I Like is Racist
by Dick MacIn 2006, I published a list of the movies I’d watch again and again: The Movies I'd Watch Again (and Again).It started with my top ten favorites movies:Touch Of Evil - Orson Welles, Janet...
View ArticleCharity Begins at . . . the Moment You Decide to Be Charitable
by Dick MacMy mother became a single-parent in 1963, with four children between the ages of 0 and 5. My sister was an infant and I was the oldest. I remember 1964 and 1965 being very difficult years....
View ArticleDear David Bowie:
by Dick MacGood morning, sailor!It’s your birthday again, and I haven’t heard back from you since the last time I wrote. It reminds me that you likely won't be dropping me a line anytime soon. Still I...
View ArticleCelebrate Black History Robert Keith McFerrin Sr.
by Dick MacRobert Keith McFerrin Sr., an American opera singer (baritone) was the first African-American man to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. He is also the father of Bobby McFerrin.Hear him sing in...
View ArticleCelebrate Black History 2021 - Malcolm X
by Dick MacMalcolm X (a/k/a Malik Shabazz) was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, May 19, 1925, and assassinated in New York City, on February 21, 1965. He was 39.Malcolm X was a Muslim minister...
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