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Gender Swap Casting: Road Warrior
(AKA Mad Max 2 in certain locales!) What is gender swap casting you say? Recently on Facebook, in the Wake of the recent and controversial Joker movie, I was inspired by a tweet by blogger Geraldine DeRuiter who said the Joker should be a woman. I asked my Facebook friends about a theoretical Joker movie …
It’s Time for Liberals and Progressives to Sell Out
One of my Berniac friends posted on Facebook with the hashtag #NeverBiden. When I saw that hashtag, the first thing I thought was “Trump wins the 2020 Election for President!” If there was ever a tumultuous time for Trump it’s right now. His Ukraine scandal, a scandal that wasn’t even on the radar amidst all …
How Facebook Helped me Recognize Toxic Relationships
Facebook doesn’t have the best reputation at times. From fake news and “fake news” and hate speech and misinformation, to the perpetuation of frippery: The time wasting practice of looking at cat pictures and posting silly memes. Many people, even regular Facebook users, often deride it as a pernicious waste of time. But Facebook has …
Jamie Sims Coakley reads from my novel The Clubber
Jamie Sims Coakley, thee head honcho of Nadine Records and Media, reads from my Dark Eighties novel The Clubber!
Quotes from my novel The Falling Circle
Here are some quotes and short excerpts from my novel The Falling Circle, a story about being down and out and punk AF in the big city. Available on Amazon.com “Didja’ buy any crack on th’ way to work?” asked Zack. “Yeah, but I smoked it all up before I got here.” “Damn. I need …
How to Impress an Interviewee!
AKA: : Making a Good Impression on That Guy That’s Not Going to Get the Job! “Say what?” you might be asking yourself. Why in the world would you want to impress an interviewee? It’s their job to impress you, right? Companies are constantly promoting themselves: Through advertising and seminars and all kinds of PR …
Talking to Gust – An excerpt from my novel The Falling Circle
This is an excerpt from my recently published novel The Falling Circle, available for Kindle and in paperback on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Falling-Circle-Jeffrey-Matucha-ebook/dp/B07K7NVKBW/ Talking to Gust Preston was meditating on the faint, translucent swirls oozing around the surface of his coffee when he heard someone bounding down the hall. Ka-flump, KA-flumP, KAFLuMP! The kaflumping got closer and …
Worst Grocery Store in Berkeley? My Yelp review of North Berkeley’s Safeway
Yeah, reposting Yelp reviews may not be the highest form of blogging, but I can’t resist replicating it here. If David Lynch directed a grocery store, it would be this place. My review on Yelp can be found here! Welcome to the worst grocery store in Berkeley! Possibly the entire East Bay! Okay, the selection …
12 Marathons in 12 Months – A Year Long Race Report
On June 2nd, 2019 I ran the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon. In doing so I completed my goal of running twelve marathons in twelve months. Since my very first marathon in 2009 I’ve averaged three to four marathons a year. But I got it in my head that I wanted to hit a …