I have been thinking about it, and though I live with daily, unrelenting pain, I am still in a position of privilege. I know that sounds weird, considering the breadth of health problems I live with. On extra bad days, I try to remind myself of my luck. You see, most people with disabilities inContinue reading “Disability and Privilege”
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The lies I was told about disco
Or: how a DJ blew up a box of disco records and got Ronald Reagan elected. author’s note: I have a lot of angst these days about my peer group. We, straight white men, between 55-65, are the problem. I have written about these guys before. All you millennials and Xennials know because we’re yourContinue reading “The lies I was told about disco”
The Time Left
I almost died. Maybe not ‘almost‘, but I could see the sun setting on the horizon. I had a trans ischemic attack, a kind of mini-stroke. I may have also had a heart attack. Whatever it was, it was painful and scary. It wasn’t a surprise I guess. I am guilty of some hard livingContinue reading “The Time Left”
Soft Rock & Me
Sometimes, I un-ironically listen to soft rock from the seventies (Steely Dan is very much excluded from this category, being one unto themselves.). My mom’s music. It is not that bad, marimba solo in Starbuck’s ‘Moonlight Feels Right’ notwithstanding. In some ways, the seventies soft rock was a better mirror to the weirdness of theContinue reading “Soft Rock & Me”
Not For You
And that’s okay What if a major piece of art or entertainment wasn’t made for you? (you=straight white guys, like me, for which most everything is made.) Can you accept that art can be made for someone other than people like you (or me)? Let’s be honest. Some of you are having a hard timeContinue reading “Not For You”
Remain Lost 