Love Note

Michelle,

Printed in block letters on a tag with curled up plastic edges. You are the counter girl at the cafe on Boylston,  the one with the autumn hair and blanched skin and red lips and black fingernails. I smile at you everyday and you smile back and while it may seem fleeting it keeps me from throwing myself in front of the cramped outbound subway to be mushed and cut in half and crushed out of this existence in a banshee scream of steel on steel.

Just Kids: Part IV

by Jim Kopetz

This makes me very sad.

Separating the Artist From the Human: 4 Great Artists, 4 Questionable Humans

by Jim Kopetz

Where do we draw the line between human being and artist? Right fucking here...

Five Ways to Fix the Government

by Jim Kopetz

Five easy steps to restoring the honor and dignity of our government officials.

How I Went Missing For A Week And No One Noticed: Part I

by Jim Kopetz

The last thing I remember was the slight sting of a syringe plunged into my neck and a bitter, salty taste on my tongue. Then it went black.

Three Boxes

Inside the square space is a plain rug and a rack with promotional materials. Mini-bats. Mini-globes. All business propaganda is dutifully emblazoned with the company’s proud logo. Odds are, that multi-million dollar deal with a pharmaceutical company (Organized Evil)  is unimaginable without the desperately needed assistance of a squishy globe.

When Slick Willy Says It...

Former president Bill Clinton, colloquially coiffed as "Slick Willy" has revealed he believes the United states to be currently mired in a recession; the reasoning for which, he claims, is not solely the responsibility of Europe.

The 'Django Unchained' Trailer is Finally Here...and It is Glorious

by Jim Kopetz

This writer's most anticipated film of the year gets a trailer. And boy it is intoxicating.

Random Movie Review: The Beaver (2011)

by Jim Kopetz

Mel Gibson gets a beaver. Maybe in real life, Mel Gibson should get a beaver.

Pass The Buck

In a statement on CNBC (no irony there...) Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney asserted that the true blame for the crises plaguing the United States and the remainder of the world are not those of the remainder of the world, but are directly correlated to Barack Obama.