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Kind Of A Movie/Book Review—The Drop By Dennis Lehane
I saw The Drop with Mrs. Rawson yesterday (The first time I’ve actually gone to a theater to see a film in awhile.) and I read the novel earlier in the month. So, I figured instead of writing two...
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Kind Of A Movie Review—Nightcrawler
Mrs. Rawson and I went to Dan Gilroy’s directorial debut, Nightcrawler, on Saturday. Here are a few random impressions. 1) “If you want to win the lottery, you have to earn the money to pay for the...
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Book Review—‘The Wilds’ By Julia Elliot
I’m going to rip off something from Matt Bell’s Facebook page for my review of The Wilds By Julia Elliot: “It’s easier for people to let go if the world is strange. In a realist story, it sometimes...
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The New Mad Max Looks Shitty
There’s no easy way to say this, because I like all of the actors involved, and I absolutely love The Road Warrior and Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. But Mad Max: Fury Road looks like 200,000 pounds of...
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Terribleminds Flash Fiction Challenge: 100 Words Only
I’ve been in front of the computer all morning trying my best to ignore the siren song of the internet. Needless to say, it’s been a losing battle. I’ve trolled the usual social media and news sites...
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10-Minute Read Review—“Ghost Story” By Victor LaValle
Back in the day when I first started reviewing and I was writing for the old BSCReview (This eventually became a website called BOOMTron, and we all stopped writing for it, and put our full efforts...
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Book Review—Wolf In White Van By John Darnielle
I know I’m a little old to say that a rock band changed my life, but The Mountain Goats did. The first time I heard “This Year” on The Mountain Goats thousandth album (No, they haven’t recorded a...
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The Cartel By Don Winslow
Here’s a quote from Don Winslow’s forthcoming novel, The Cartel, that I wanted to share: “He became his own blues song, a Tom Waits Loser, a Kerouac saint, a Spingsteen hero under the lights of the...
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Cranky Pants Blog Post
I’ve been up since 4:30 because my dogs decided to wake up and act like dopes, so it’s usually just a good idea for me to get up so their dopiness doesn’t spread to the rest of the house. typically I...
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Broken Fridge Blues AKA Getting Things Off My Chest
The Hunk Of Crap In Question. If you follow me on social media, you’ve probably seen me bitching and complaining about my Samsung built and Lowes distributed refrigerator. The refrigerator in question...
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Maybe Jimmy Carter Was Right?
Let me ask you a question: What if I broke into your house to steal your television? Now mind you, I’m not there to kill you or rape you, all I want is your television, that’s it. What would you do to...
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Father’s Day
Me and my dad when I was living in Flagstaff, AZ Me and my old man never got along. It’s not that I didn’t want to have a stronger relationship with him, but when it comes right down to it, we were...
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On Working From Home
Hey, look, it’s Rector and Chercover! Last week I had the pleasure of hanging out with my good friend John Rector and Sean Chercover. I’ve known Rector for close to a decade, and he’s honestly one of...
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Dumb
I always get a chuckle when a prominent cultural figure comments on the “Dumbing Down” of culture. Dustin Hoffman commented on it recently, so did Morrissey, and Alan Moore has been commenting on it...
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Book Notes: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage By Haruki...
“One heart is not connected to another through harmony alone. They are, instead, linked deeply through their wounds. Pain linked to pain, fragility to fragility. There is no silence without a cry of...
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Quiet
It’s hard to believe, but my daughter’s summer vacation is only four days away from being over with. This is the first summer where I’ve stayed home and for the most part, it’s been fun. There’s been a...
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Welcome to Babytown & Other Goings On
Scarlett aka the cuddle monster Anyone who follows me on social media knows that a couple of months ago, me and Mrs. Rawson welcomed this bundle of awesome into our lives. In case you don’t know, her...
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Second Sunday Bullet Points
Happy Memorial, I hope you’re enjoying it. For me, it’s just another Monday, the only difference is I have Mrs. Rawson sleeping off a hangover upstairs and my oldest is spending the weekend at her...
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It’s Tuesday. Tuesdays and Thursdays are the days when the kids are over at grandma’s house and I shut myself in my office, turn off email notifications and block all calls except for my wife and my...
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It’s Wednesday. It’s the middle of the week and it’s summer, which means I have both the girls home with me. That also means this will be the only writing I get done today, at least until around eight...
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