I went into the national nightlife celebration called Black Wednesday not realizing how much I needed a release. The release came in moments wrapped up in ironies. Real ironies, not the poetic moments people mistake for ironies. Then again, I’ll hold off on that because I might get to the end of this thought and […]
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The damned distraction called the 2008 Chicago Cubs
A synopsis of a 2008 Chicago Cubs fan: “Pride won’t be my fall. I’m a Cubs’ fan. My heart was coming apart before I was born.” — Nat Finn I dunno. I suppose everyone who claims to be a writer has either distractions posed as vices or vices posed as distractions. Many drink. Some just […]
Why Churches Make for Great Wakes
My mother told me the news in that “I haven’t had a chance to tell him,” sort of way as we rode with my grandfather to our Sunday night dinner. But as we went in to Immanuel Lutheran Church to attend my great uncle’s wake, I quickly became re-reminded of the power atmospherics play in […]