Cpt Tony hired me to play his saloon after I told him I had three chords, a fast right hand, and a big dick.
30 years later, a gang of Tibetan grandmothers mock-mugged me on a kora path for my prayer beads. Same gesture, different language.
New essay:
open.substack.com/pub/mereim…
Smithsonian to RETURN 3 bronze statues to India
They were found to be unlawfully taken 70 years ago
The UK is probably sweating bullets over their collection now
My favorite story today: The estate of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is suing Utah over a law that’s being used to ban Vonnegut’s novel Slaughterhouse Five.
Hear the arguments for and against—including from Vonnegut’s daughter, who was present as he wrote.
npr.org/2026/01/28/nx-s1-567…