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Songlist: September 2022

Russell Smith

These songs are not in chronological order. Some are newer that other. Some aren’t even that new at all, but I’m throwing them in because my only goal is to improve your taste in modern music. No more of that corporate crap for you! This is the real deal. Listen and learn! The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have been around for a while, but this is their newest single. Wilco. Don’t you just love Wilco! I know absolutely nothing about this band, but I love, love, love this song! This one, Heartbeats by the Knife is one of my favorite dance … Continue reading Songlist: September 2022

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Real Live Ghost Story

Russell Smith

It was the summer of 1980 when I saw a ghost. Me and my boyfriend Kai (rhymes with sky) were driving around and drinking beer. Before you say, “Oh, well he was wasted,” I must tell you that we were splitting a six-pack of Budweiser, hardly a recipe for severe inebriation. We drove to the local “lover’s lane,” which is still called Lark Lane. We parked the car and smoked a bowl of the ridiculously weak marijuana that was prevalent at the time. Lark Lane is a beautiful spot. It provides a lovely view of the Potomac River. Directly across … Continue reading Real Live Ghost Story

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Playlist Summer 2022

Russell Smith

In an honest effort to help you improve your taste in music, here’s a playlist of some decent, relatively new songs. Listen to them. They will help make you cool. Thanks to WTMD (89.7 FM Baltimore.) I guess five songs is enough for today’s tiny minds. I do hope that you enjoyed them! Once listened to, these songs will give you one point toward being cool. Continue reading Playlist Summer 2022

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Wireless?

Russell Smith

Way back in the day when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, telephones were attached to cords. Often, a telephone was mounted on a wall in the kitchen or dining room with a circular cord that stretched a maximum of two feet. That meant one could talk into the phone, holding the receiver to their ear and mouth, but where they could wander from the phone was limited by the length of the cord. Granted, one could buy cords that were so long, roaming from one point in the house to another was not much of a consideration. That being said, most … Continue reading Wireless?

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Damn!

Russell Smith

Damn Russia! God damn Russia! Damn Putin! God damn Putin! The blood of hundreds, thousands of children are on your hands. Brutality. Murder. Callous indifference. These are your legacies. Thanks to modern technology, every crime is recorded. For as long as there is a posterity, you will all be branded as criminals. You, Vladimir Putin will be branded as a war criminal. Damn Russia! God damn Russia! Damn Putin! God damn Putin! From CNN, I’ve learned about the absolute brutality that has been inflicted on the people of the Ukraine at the hands of Russians. It’s so bad that plain, … Continue reading Damn!

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In Praise of Mercury

Russell Smith

A couple or few months ago, I went to my local Walgreens and bought a thermometer. Try as I might to find one that wasn’t digital, alas the only ones available were in fact digital. There were no mercury-based thermometers to be had. Okay, fine. I said to myself. I’ll just pick up one of these digital ones. And like any normal human being, I bought the one that cost the least amount of money. Stupid me! I forgot that before you buy anything these days, you have to look up online reviews. I’m not even going to waste my … Continue reading In Praise of Mercury

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Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare

Russell Smith

It is my humble opinion that the greatest words ever written by one person in one place is Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare. If you want to hear its recitation, the click here. When I married my wife, Robin Anne Boyarsky on June 20, 2003, I asked the officiant, a judge, to read this passage. He had suggested that tired, tedious Letter to the Corinthians by Paul about how love doesn’t do this or that but it does do this or that. PLEASE! Homophobic, intolerant Saint Paul is going to try to tell me anything about love? No! Never! Yes, … Continue reading Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare

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Open Letter to Joe Manchin

Russell Smith

Dear Sir- How do you sleep at night? Don’t you know that millions, not thousands but MILLIONS of people across this country are suffering? We are suffering from hunger, the cold, housing insecurity or even homelessness. Your stance against the Build Back Better legislation is unconscionable, especially because you are a Democrat. The Democratic Party stands for the people against corporate America. It stands for the workers of these United States of America. Your behavior is in direct contravention of these basic principles. I, for one, am sick and tired of the way Washington, DC is kissing your ass. Does … Continue reading Open Letter to Joe Manchin

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Dustin Stockton: Wretched Creep

Russell Smith

Just a few minutes ago, I watched a clip from Chris Hayes’ show, All In. Chris’ guests were Dustin Stockton and Jennifer Lawrence (not to be confused with the actress.) For most of the clip, Ms. Lawrence sat back and let her partner Dustin do the talking. Rarely in my lifetime, as the son of a journalist, a news junkie and relatively intelligent person, have I seen such a self-serving, picayune jerk. Chris Hayes gave a relatively objective introduction to the couple, which Mr. Stockton immediately decried as misleading. He went into excruciating detail about why he objected to Chris’ … Continue reading Dustin Stockton: Wretched Creep