I wrote about crying in front of rank strangers (ref. The Stanley Brothers) in Lourie’s on Main Street, Columbia, SC, and goddamn if somebody didn’t respond:

T-boss // Apr 30, 2008 at 6:46 am

Sometimes the half-assed, single stitched, one size fits no one, $3.89 a pack, cotton boxer shorts from wal-mart scratch at the starting line of my ass crack so badly it brings a tear to my eye.
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Through no fault on any side, not too long ago I found myself in Lourie’s, the oldest and most expensive men’s clothing store in Columbia, SC. Prominent was a peppermint-stick seersucker suit, $400. Beautiful thang, beautiful, but I just wanted some boxer shorts. Which I got. The most expensive underwear I have ever purchased - $17 a shot, and worth every penny. Tiger Mountain… Continue reading

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Over here at the Hotel Khartoum, we recently had the opportunity to re-view Martin Scorsese’s fantastic rock-doc, “The Last Waltz.”  The segment that caught everyone’s attention this go-round was when Richard Manuel, eyes rollin’ ’round their sockets, is accentuating the positive of “women on the road,” and then sez, “I just wanna break even.”

Mains, that floored us.

“I just wanna break even.”

I just wanna break even?

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It must be a gas being a Supreme Court Justice, arguing precedents, installing presidents, joking about what the definition of torture might be.

Justice Antonin Scalia had a ball on 60 Minutes last Sunday running that shit down.

Har  Har  Har

Nino, come on down to my house.  I’ll not only define “torture” fer yeh, I’ll show you how it works.  Bright little smug fuck buddy boy like you, why hide in the… Continue reading

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“Crazy Uncle” don’t even git close to where the Pastor at.

p.s. i was listening to some “black” music today. it were 1-2-3-4. and again. and one mo’. yeah!

it didn’t get pentatonic. didn’t even go 6/8. but a trained ear knows IT COULD HAVE IF IT WANTED TO.

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When you are down and bitter, no matter what you are clinging to, to have it pointed out publicly is embittering.  Like a snake swallowing its tail… Continue reading

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Calm down.

Ya caint be New w/o being New… Continue reading

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Hillary Rodham Clinton is a Phony… Continue reading

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