2013-08-20 06:28
At 4:42 am on a July morning, angry clouds swirled and twisted as the sun behind a curtain of storm cover, began to light the sky. A loud boom and a flash of lightning hit the Fisher… Read More
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2013-08-13 07:34
“So if you cannot see, what can you describe to me to help me understand what you know about the color black? As in black people… Read More
2013-07-30 05:48
Many people, who knew Matt Luc, knew him as either Matt or Luc but not bot… Read More
2013-07-23 05:51
“My old man dies and doesn’t leave me his antique cars, his house, his summer house, his condo in Florida, his restaurants but he leaves me a fucking horse?” … Read More
2013-07-16 07:11
Strip the veneer of suburban strip mall hellI can see it in the whites and the whites of their eyesDon’t shoot! It’s just a hood. I know what I should; it’s just so… Read More
2013-07-09 06:22
Abe had a razor thin beard and moustache, wore tight jeans with pointy white shoes and smelled of cologne to the point that the bulletproof room that he did business behind, always smelled l… Read More
2013-06-04 06:16
Chicago gave birth to a new mayor and we shall call him Emanuel (Matthew 1:23) Meaning God is with us in Hebrew. This new mayor, who was once the president’s chief of staff, to… Read More
2013-05-07 05:54
People were sleeping in Detroit when Goose heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt the shock wave in his chest that reminded him of a double barrel 12 gauge… Read More
2013-04-18 01:00
Imagine an actor as handsome as James Dean, as respected among his peers as Orson Wells who had previously won Oscars and had them sitting on the mantle of his fireplace in his mansion, on h… Read More
2013-04-02 22:46
In early 1974, Dr. Henry Kissinger while having drinks with a fellow German expatriate, got to talking about the content of the Nixon tapes, future of the Republican Party and cloning while… Read More
2013-03-19 05:30
Percy looked well rested and fat. He ordered a beer, a martini and then a bottle of red wine that he had read about in Wine Spectator Magazine while taking a shit. … Read More
2013-02-27 01:45
Nobody who thought they knew Roy, knew that such a simple man was in fact quite complex as he was diverse. Roy raised Bloodhounds and started a cremation service for dogs. Roy was a deacon i… Read More
2013-02-12 08:38
Have the audacity to hope that the cross hairs of the scope don’t shear the last fibers of that rope we cling to, we sing to because America has talent as it does empathy, knowledge an… Read More
2013-01-29 09:01
Picture picking up the city of Miami with South Beach, Bayside and its art deco buildings that lazily never change and placing it within the city limits of Detroit’s vacant land. You… Read More
2013-01-02 13:48
As I look around and see that everyone believes that they are a credible critic on everything from restaurants to technicians that did miserable work at doing laser work to crotches, I belie… Read More
2012-12-11 08:03
Edgar was voted the best Santa Claus in the Midwest portion of the United States. Rarely was there a child that sat upon his lap with slits for eyes, mouth wide open, arms reaching towards… Read More
2012-11-27 07:09
Thank you for your patience when you’re in your car waiting in a stopped line and an Audi illegally comes racing up the right side. He owns a car that costs more than your home, cars… Read More
2012-11-20 06:31
Harrison Teague through Facebook, Twitter and good ole fashion word of mouth, was able to get close to a hundred people to come out and eat free sandwiches and juice at his car dealership… Read More
2012-11-06 11:11
The Thames, pronounced “temz” just like the famous river in England, was lying in bed in their bedroom, each watching their own television. It was like watching television at an… Read More
2012-10-23 20:35
The Washington’s, no relations to Harold the former first black mayor of Chicago or George the first white president of the United States that they are aware of but then again you neve… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Wade watched his son walk out alone through the tunnel. He saw a skinny kid with a lot of feathered hair. He thought his young son looked like Shawn Cassidy, an andro… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
A good idea is really a good idea and leaves others to ponder why it was they didn’t think about it first. A place that serves coffee like heroin to addicts who need a fix just to fun… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
If you had your car towed in the city of Detroit, you made a tremendous mistake. Chances are your car is not worth the cost to spring it and then you might have to find the one of the… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
“So wait a minute? You telling me that my friend is not allowed in here?” &n&hell…Read More
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