Published in Life’s Paradoxes, Puzzles, & Imperfections·PinnedMember-onlyAre we well and truly fucked?And why it’s so difficult to change it — The primary function of the present-day Republican party is to STOP any and all progress or change. Doing nothing is not enough for them; stopping others from doing anything is equally important. Most supporters of the GOP don’t consider their out-loud assertions that people of color are getting too much free shit to be racist…Terry Trueman2 min readTerry Trueman2 min read
Published in Dawn Novels·PinnedMember-onlyHow/Why Followers Count for Me.99 ain’t 100, and 999 ain’t 1K — This was written a little over a year ago; It still holds up now, but only, kinda . . . “For several days now, I’ve hovered between 2,599 followers and 2,600. In Medium speak, that is 2.5K or 2.6K. (there ain’t any “in between”) It drives me nuts! I spend Mon’s/Sat’s/&…Terry Trueman2 min readTerry Trueman2 min read
Published in Dawn Novels·PinnedMember-onlyPotato Loser: Yeah, You!You never know and you can never be too ready, or too unready enough — Your Death, yeah YOURS! We’ve had people we knew well and also not nearly as well, die in strange and sudden ways: A relative, heading down a steep stairway to “check on the kittens;” Our next door neighbor lady’s sister’s husband crashing his bike into a tunnel wall, those same…Terry Trueman2 min readTerry Trueman2 min read
Published in Dawn Novels·PinnedMember-onlyMedium is NOT a Competitionor at least it shouldn’t be . . . but once in awhile . . . — Sometime back I wrote a poem about a harsh critic who had taken something I’d written and gone kind of crazy in her rage over it. …Terry Trueman2 min readTerry Trueman2 min read
Published in Life’s Paradoxes, Puzzles, & Imperfections·PinnedMember-onlyTrump Is About to be Indicted, Let’s Pause & Fully Embrace the MomentPOLITICS AND US ALL The Shit-show “Debate” debacle — Remembering a torturous 90 minutes, a few observations . . . The morning after Trump and Biden’s debate there were several early media narratives that had to be challenged, and an overall theme, inescapable after watching the “shit-show.” We’ve been looking at this Trump madness and horseshit for quite a…Terry Trueman5 min readTerry Trueman5 min read
Published in Life’s Paradoxes, Puzzles, & Imperfections·Mar 4Member-onlyA Turbulent Historic Moment in Addiction Enjoyment and CompulsionThere are two sides to everything — Lady GA-Ga (she of meat-dress glory) allegedly went ga-ga over Frida Kahlo. This is the kind of shit that happens when art and artists meet across time and distance thru the works they make that outlive them.Terry Trueman2 min readTerry Trueman2 min read
Published in Life’s Paradoxes, Puzzles, & Imperfections·Mar 4Member-onlyLady Ga-Ga & Frida Kahlo Swap Sexy Spit in Hot, Wet Kiss for Christ-Drunk-The-Redeemer/Recover’rThis might never have been reported . . . — . . . if my story about Frida’s painting up for auction, likely to fetch a cool $30M, (the painting with her lover Diego Rivera tatted to her forehead,) Frida Kahlo self-portrait set to smash records at auction hadn’t gotten 2.6K views almost none of them paying customers here ($.69…2 min read2 min read
Published in Life’s Paradoxes, Puzzles, & Imperfections·Feb 25$$$ Money HoneyIs there anything??? — Is there anything at all, Anything in the world that someone somewhere won’t do for money? Asking for a friend. Okay, in truth, I’m asking for me. People say, “Money isn’t everything.” Bullshit. Yes, it is. Money is the means by which we judge and consider value in our world…Terry Trueman2 min readTerry Trueman2 min read
Published in Life’s Paradoxes, Puzzles, & Imperfections·Feb 24Member-onlyT***p issues unhinged new statement about ‘winning’ Georgia — and gets quickly shot down by fact checkerTangerine imbeciles never die they just blab away — First off I won’t say his name, you know who I mean, the Tangerine Imbecile. Secondly, “fact checker,” somebody needs a fact checker to feel confident that the idiot is as crazy and full of shit as ever? But most of all, by far my favorite part, is how his…Terry Trueman2 min readTerry Trueman2 min read
Published in Life’s Paradoxes, Puzzles, & Imperfections·Feb 24Member-onlyRegarding the Mass Arrests of Insurrectionist Ass-hatsFor years behind bars — Terry Trueman1 min readTerry Trueman1 min read
