Kim Acrylic, author of the novel Rock n’ Roll Melancholy and a collection of poetry The Myth Behind All Truth, is a writer and a poet who writes prose in a style that oscillates between Stephanie Kuehnert and Hunter S Thompson. Her poetry relies heavily on metaphor while seeping itself into reality in a way …

I used to be poor. And I mean dirt poor: Wondering where my next meal was coming from, wearing clothes until they were falling apart, and living in slumlord housing with leaking pipes and faulty wiring. I have used food banks before, and I even went to a food line for poor and homeless people …

REMEBER! There is no difference between Democrats and Republicans! None whatsoever. Unless you’re talking about… Enacting National Covid-19 policies Climate change Reforming the police Fighting systematic racism Election security Pandemic response Federal environmental protections Subsidized health insurance Preserving Social Security Equal pay for women Raising the minimum wage Expanding voting rights Expanding voting opportunities Funding …

Author Dani Dassler’s first book P.R. is the story of Andrea, a delinquent high school punk who is forced by her high school to take up track. (That or be expelled!) It is a rousing tale of a clash of cultures as well as a story about a resilient punk who drives herself through her …

Not too long ago I got into an internet hullaballo when I made what I thought was a casual comment on a thread in a Facebook community. Many Facebookers were talking about how excited they were for the new Bill and Ted movie, a sequel that was made quite awhile after the first two movies. …

 It still just absolutely boggles my mind how anyone could possibly ever think that electing Trump was, is, or could be, in any way, shape, or form, a good idea. It is unfathomable to me. What kind of mental process, in the name of all that’s unholy, could lead anyone, and I mean anyone, into …

Gutter Folklore is a collection of stories I wrote waaaay back when, some of my first attempts to write short stories and a somewhat cohesive narrative. It’s also the stories where I initially developed the extra-urban punk-crust extraordinaire Skye, a persistent character in my fiction. This book is currently available on Amazon! Cruising on a …

Years ago I went to a friend’s baby shower. I knew the couple was expecting a girl, and I was wandering around a toy store wondering what to get the upcoming mini-me of my friend. I wasn’t sure what to get until I saw it in the store. I knew when I spotted it that …

This is the news conference I want Trump to give “Today I am announcing a nationwide lockdown to combat and contain the Coronavirus. All schools, universities, libraries, restaurants, churches, and other venues where people congregate will be closed by order of the Federal government for the next eight weeks. Furthermore we are instilling a national …

My blogging career started on Livejournal, oh so many moons ago. I no longer use Livejournal, but I have archived all of my entries and occasionally check them out. This is a post I wrote in November of 2013, ago after a trip to las Vegas, a city that everyone has to visit at least …