This is a story of early ’90s Los Angeles. I don’t remember exactly when this harrowing tale of self discovery occurred, but it was sometime after Boyz n the Hood but prior […]
227. That Time I Found Out I’m Kind Of Racist
Throw Beck Thursday: We’ll Meet Again: Saying Goodbye To My Mother
—- I am with my mother. She is at the tail end of a neurological disorder with a ten year life expectancy. By her own accounting the first symptoms appeared in […]
Throw Beck Thursday: I’m Free to Travel Wherever I Want, and I Chose Alcatraz
The freedom to move around, get up and go at a moment’s notice, to check out of our lives for hours and enjoy a funky day trip, is easy to take for […]
Throw Beck Thursday: Ten Things Every Polite Guy Should Do
A few basics to make life a little more civilized. —- In my office I keep an old book named Manners for Moderns. It was published in 1938 and “it has to […]
Throw Beck Thursday: Life As Ronnie
For most of my adult life I’ve had this recurring dream: I go back home and I see a childhood friend somewhere. I’m thrilled for no other reason than a familiar face […]
Throw Beck Thursday: Dressing Like a Clown Doesn’t Make You a Gangster
The FBI says you’re looking at gang members. I say that’s insane clown talk. —- First things first: I don’t know the two guys in the photo at the top of this […]
Throw Beck Thursday: Better Living Through Everybodyism
Enough with the -ism schism already. Let’s try including everybody by including everybody. We are drowning in a pool of -isms: liberalism, conservatism, feminism, veganism, capitalism, socialism. We view the world through […]
Throw Beck Thursday: Don’t Blame Me. Blame Thomas, Jefferson
The perils of grammar, and its impact on the Declaration of Independence. — Bad. Grammar. Is. Everywhere. We’ve come to accept poor punctuation, misspellings, and missing capitilization as the price of texting […]
Throw Beck Thursday: Kim Jong Un Saves the Internet
With a stunning lack of geopolitical savvy, James Stafford points out what we can learn from ‘The Haircut’s’ most recent temper tantrum. —– As writers go, I make that Shades of Grey […]
Throw Beck Thursday: 5 Nice Things You Can Do Today
A few nice gestures might not change the world, but what a great place to start. Changing the world is big business. The world is a big place, after all, at […]
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