Don’t say Uncle Josh never opened the heavens and imparted wisdom upon you from above.
I have been diligently working on shoring up the walls of what I consider to be a first rate concept for a novel. This time, I’ve actually started with a real outline that plots all the character arcs and all [...]

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For those who have never heard of Atilla Ambrus (AKA “The Whiskey Robber”); you’re missing out and I highly recommend this book. This book was both recommended and loaned to me by a good friend from Hungary and I, in turn, am recommending it to you.
Atilla Ambrus came from nothing–a dirt poor Transylvannian who [...]

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A very good friend of mine was told her mother had two days to live–she was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer six months ago and given six months to live. Her mother is in Europe and she is here in Ohio, barely enough time to make it there before she died, assuming the doctors [...]

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President Bush was in Hungary today celebrating the 50th anniversary (4 months shy) of the “rebellion” which left 2,700 Hungarians dead when Eisenhower refused to send aid even though desparate Hungarians, rebelling with force against communist rule radioed their desperate need for help. Maybe they just didn’t have enough oil.
I think the whole charade [...]

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Yes, that question may have crossed the minds of some of the readers here–others, the more devil-may-care of my readers, couldn’t give a shit less what I write as long as its something.
The truth is that I made a big mistake two weeks ago and purchased all four volumes of the New Poems by Charles [...]

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What compels
a grown man
to strip naked
in a room
with other men
and then engage
another nude man
in a wrestling match
naked.
I walked into this scene
today after my workout
and didn’t know how to react
So I kept walking
my head down
and grabbed two towels
which I wrapped one
around my waist
and pulled my underwear down
under the towel
and walked to the shower
with my head down,
the [...]

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Fucking Deadwood
is one of the three best shows
on television today
or anytime, it’s the language,
it’s Shakespeare for the 2000s
and David Milch is an angry genius
of the magnitude of legend
weaving America back into itself,
standing history on its head
or back on its head.
If you can figure
out what’s going on
by fighting through the language
and run the numbers on pure [...]

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I was sleep walking through work
when I saw a face as familiar
as my own, a fraternity
brother I’d lost contact with ten years ago.
I put aside the professional
and put on the good times
mask. The one I wore in Panama City
in 1995. Back when Skerski was still alive
and he and Kohler drove that golf cart
from [...]

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So, Josh; what is your number one blogging goal?
I want to build a small community around my writing–a group of people who subscribe to my site and consistently come back to enjoy my thoughts and my creative work. Blogging has become such an integral part of my writing process that I cannot imagine a [...]

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I was so disgusted with last night’s “series finale” that I couldn’t post. Now, I know you’re going to tell me that there are still eight more episodes (to be aired in January, 2007) but these were touted as “bonus” episodes which, to me, means that the series should have wrapped up last night [...]

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