Tensions between the US and Russia boiled over this week regarding Russian election meddling in 2016, as well as potential Russian meddling in the 2018 midterms. The Trump Administration expelled 60 Russian diplomats it says were known spies. Russia retaliated by expelling 23 US diplomats it similarly claims were spies.… Continue Reading
Month: March 2018
I Watched The Mets Opening Day On TV, And It Was Magical
It’s a rainy Thursday in late March, but it’s Mets opening day, so I’m psyched. I’m a writer, and I mostly make my own schedule, so I have the luxury of watching a Mets game that starts at 1pm on a Thursday.… Continue Reading
Two Linkin Park Videos That Really Rocked Me
It’s been a rough couple days. I haven’t been feeling well, so I’ve been cooped up at home, mostly resting.
To entertain myself I’ve been watching lots of YouTube videos on TV through my Roku. At first I was watching hip hop videos with lots of women in them, like Cyclone by Baby Bash and Bartender by T-Pain. … Continue Reading
Copper’s Corner: Copper Understands My Words And Replies To Me
So a few things happened today. It’s late on a Thursday in March, and it’s snowing. Bill de Blasio, the Mayor of New York City, declared today a snow day, so school is canceled for all New York City public school students.… Continue Reading
Breaking Down Hank Williams Jr’s Racism
On Sunday night I was unwinding after a busy weekend spent working on my website, genxchronicle.com. We cover news, culture and lifestyle through a Generation X lens.
So around midnight I was surfing YouTube on my Roku, and I came across a famous ESPN panel discussion from 2011 with Bomani Jones, then a Sirius Radio host and now an ESPN megastar, Paul Finebaum, the most famous sports radio personality in the South, and Dave Zirin, the excellent sports writer for The Nation magazine.… Continue Reading
Prince Is In Heaven Laughing In The Purple Rain
I wake up very late on Saturday, in the mid-afternoon, after working all night the night before. I wrote and published several stories for my website, genxchronicle.com. We cover news, culture and lifestyle through a Generation X lens.
I spent most of the afernoon and evening doing work emails.… Continue Reading
Copper’s Corner: Copper Really Chills Me Out
It’s 3:59 a.m. on a Thursday in March, and I’m finally winding down for the night after a very busy evening working. I wrote a large section of a chapter of my memoir. It’s the chapter where I met a beautiful woman from the South and we had incredible and wild times together from Arkansas to New York City to Montreal.… Continue Reading
Seal’s “Kiss From A Rose” Saved Me From Sadness
So it’s late on Friday night, around 5am, and I’m chilling in my kitchen. I’ve got the lights out, and I’m sitting by the big window. I’ve got the Google Home blasting, and I’m just trying to get through the night and fight off a slightly sad mood.… Continue Reading
A Friday Night At The Metropolitan Museum
I leave my apartment in Astoria, Queens around 6 pm on Friday night. I’m headed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. I love the Met, but it’s been about six months since I’ve been there, and I miss it.… Continue Reading
Will You Marry Me Jennifer Garner?
Dear Jennifer,
I was relaxing at home late tonight, around 2 a. M., after a day spent writing for my website, genxchronicle.com. We cover news, culture and lifestyle through a Generation X lens. I also did some work emails, and some tasks around the house as well.… Continue Reading