This is my first post in a while. Man, I wanted to just post a little something I’ve been banging out, then since the gap in contributions, I felt like I wanted to acknowledge it. But now I’m sitting down to write it and it feels heavy. My last few posts were during a weird time in my life. In an attempt to spare the tedium, I had a change in my day job and I had finished my first draft of my Lewis & Clark script. The former was a little …jarring, and I wish I could say the latter was joyful...

Women over 60 are the best (especially Texan women over 60). They give absolutely NO fucks. This demographic is our best option for our highest regarded political offices. In saying 'post-menopausal', I really mean women over 60. I know nothing about menopause, and don't plan on changing this until my wife begins this beautiful transformation herself. I just like the amount of syllables and rhythm of 'post-menopausal'. (No offense to women in their 40s/50s, but it seems like post-60 is when...

(ed note: This was a free-writing exercise that I composed a few years ago. In some ways, I was embarrassed of the ambitious voice and...