The money people, FIFA and the Qatari rulers must have been full of glee after the final on Sunday. It was indeed an exciting match. All of the hype played itself out, the major superstars, Lionel Messi for Argentina and Kylian Mbappé for France, had a hand in or scored all of the key goals. […]
Kick off
For football (soccer) fans, the big moment is upon us, the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Hard Crackers is on the beat, and there should be tons of raw material to write about. Are you familiar with the story about the full brown envelope being secretly tucked into the blazer breast pocket? What is […]
Are You Ready For Some Football?
I recently did a track workout at a local park in my city of Newark, NJ. My running partner and I chose Weequahic Park instead of the one in our neighborhood because the slightly farther away park has a regulation 400m track, where the local one is some odd shorter distance that makes it harder […]
Roe Overturned
no mas, no more babysitting in the doctor’s house waiting for infection to clear before the d & c, the abortion. When I woke the nurse say, You punched him, you punched the doctor. After a week, I flew “home” – nyc. October, 1967 I had missed the March on the Pentagon and used it […]
Call Us If You Stop Breathing
I work as a freelance editor. I make sure that the answers on multiple choice tests for commercial drivers license exams are in the right order, things like that. This doesn’t pay a living wage. For the past several years, half my income has come from money the federal government allocated for dealing with the […]
One Million Dollars
In February 2011, my Brooklyn-based, French-language rock band, Les Sans Culottes, was asked to perform at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Chelsea. The band would perform a couple of songs between various improv skits and the main event was the presentation of a check for one million dollars to one of the Brigade members, […]