Irreverent musings and malarkey from a disillusioned dilettante
First off. I saw a poster for "Hamilton." Am I the only person on Earth who didn't realize our founding father was black? Also, very few of you will know that Chris Kennedy, son of Bobby Kennedy, is running for Governator of Illinois. But did you know that he did a brief cameo in the... Continue Reading →
A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard (1899) In all this Cuban business there is one man stands out on the horizon of my memory like Mars at perihelion. When war broke out between Spain and the United States, it was very necessary to communicate quickly with the leader of the Insurgents. Garcia was somewhere... Continue Reading →
Preacher tellin' da truf an it hurtz! Thought this was an interesting article - please find below. Perhaps the author - Pankaj Mishra - is a tad bit brash, not unlike Trump. But where Pankaj reaches for the pedestal, Trump reaches for the box. Donald Trump’s first year in office seems to have been marked, above... Continue Reading →
Sup, brah! Today's song of the day is...so-so in terms of the actual song...but the old cowboy is FUCKING EPIC! It's Big Enough by Kirin J Callinan. If time is in short supply, go directly to minute 1:45. He wrote us this bigggg sexy hook that he knows we're really gonna dig. And if you... Continue Reading →
hey Hey HEY! I may have used this before but it's a good one - today's song of the day is Tunnel of Love by the Dire Straits. Unlike the Dire Straits love tunnel, which has seen little action since it's release, Lynn Tilton's has been on full display for pub(l)ic consumption. The section of... Continue Reading →
Who among you shares my hesitation when it comes to drinking a soda with a label that is cousin to "swamp ass?" What’s worse, the logo for the swamp ass soda is a pair of nuts. I think it’s high time that the purveyors of swamp-ass, (praline) nut-cream soda pack it up and retool, per... Continue Reading →
If you haven’t seen it, Donald Trump took precious moments away from his 2020 campaign to shower Puerto Ricans with American generosity. Nothing says “White America is here to help you” like mushroom tipping a bunch of Puerto Rican Oompa Loompas in the face with the Brawny Man. Who cares about delivering internet and power,... Continue Reading →
Already one posting in on the day and we already have too many updates for our dear Supreme Reader. And that is absolutely NOT an allusion to LRM (lil’ rocket man). But still, this is all the news that’s fit to print (read: publish and hope some lonely fool stumbles upon MAM). First off, this... Continue Reading →
This story is stolen from this source. Before a company goes public, the highest level executives embark on a multi-city tour with their investment bankers to drum up support for the upcoming IPO. This trip is called a roadshow and since the group will typically visit dozens of cities on a tight schedule, a private... Continue Reading →
Banging through some life observations and cool shit from the last few weeks: 1) Here is an article from the Wall Street Journal with some stunning photos of undersea life: Into the Deep: The Underwater Photography Awards. 2) Here is an article from The New Yorker that is absolutely worth your time but will take a... Continue Reading →
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