Category Archives: Commentary

Opinion or analysis concerning whatever’s on my mind.

Otiose Maundering

Posted on June 28, 2018 by JMN

Dead cat bounce Catch a falling knife Bum luck Egypt Seven large going spare Bespoke zoots Pasta puttanesca War and Peas Puckish truculence Warp speak Aloe, Vera! Circular humanism Caveat empty Flag elation Mass turbation Con stir nation Absolute shun … Continue reading →

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Spot and Bess

Posted on June 28, 2018 by JMN
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Save the Queen from what?

Posted on June 27, 2018 by JMN

The Windsors are richer than Croesus and cosseted in  indescribably privileged circumstances, lavished with lifetime stipends for performing ceremonial chores, kowtowed to and fawned over by legions of adoring subjects who may or may not have a recently purchased pair … Continue reading →

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Jerry had a sweet tooth

Posted on June 27, 2018 by JMN
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Stud Bird

Posted on June 25, 2018 by JMN

I’ve spent some of my life working with (for?) adolescents. We were told their behavior and dress, especially the parts adults liked to fret about, were attributable to hormones. I don’t know. Hormones weren’t my field. However, I think of … Continue reading →

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“Carnage”

Posted on June 25, 2018 by JMN

If I were a movie critic I’d be chronically behind the times. I shy away from movies that are popular. I don’t think I’ll ever see “Avatar” or anything labeled “Shrek.” It took me years to get to “Titanic.” Too … Continue reading →

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The Northernness

Posted on June 25, 2018 by JMN

“If you’re full of beauty and positive things it’s harder for stuff to get to you. Joy is not a luxury that you can tack on when you’ve sorted everything out, joy is how you will sort out your problems… … Continue reading →

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“Laughter is breath…”

Posted on June 25, 2018 by JMN

“Laughter is breath, it alters your being, and it allows you to move on, and keep living.” (Anna Mackmin, quoted by Patrick Barkham in The Guardian) There’s so much to like in the blog world. As one finding his feet … Continue reading →

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Tu me manques, mon fils

Posted on June 23, 2018 by JMN

“Its studied fuzziness, agony glimpsed through clamor, gives this poem its knife edge.” (Unremembered) Bush Doctrine // Hung Foo Testes Titan // E-wrecked Titty Tyrant // Testosterone Tank Cmen-130 // Sperm Gun Callous Phallus // Erectile Projectile Headache Balls // … Continue reading →

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Jejune Maundering

Posted on June 23, 2018 by JMN

What’s right? I was braised Raptist. Dawder, fetch me some wadder. Of core snot Flying butt tresses I’ve herded all now. Ready! Fire! Claim! Diddle Dawdle & Dodge, LLC Salience is golden. Naughty pine Bête blanche Procrastinator Anticrastinator Horse d’oovers … Continue reading →

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