My 1,000-word story, "Another Fine Long Beach Day," has been published and is featured in the May 7, 2024 edition of Mad Swirl, a literary journal I've really come to enjoy, respect and recommend. I've previously written about another story of mine Mad Swirl published in February. There's also a Mad Swirl Scott C. Holstad …
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A couple of days ago, I somehow stumbled across a new article titled "107 Positive Self-Reflection Quotes to Grow in Life" that included one of my own quotes -- and thank God, a "new" one I've not yet seen used for one of my quotes. There are a few -- of hundreds -- of my …
This weekend, Gretchen had a big damn day. She turned 60 years old (!!!!!) this weekend, which though factually accurate, seems so surreal and bizarre that it's hard to accept as real. I mean look at her! She's still just as smoking hot as when I met her! Heh. Forgive me if it seems like …
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I’ve noticed that the people who visit the Hankrules2011 website seem to be coming from different geographic locations than in years past. I don’t actually look at analytics very often, but every now and then I do. I’m going to list the countries visitors to this site come from in order from most to fewest, …
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The Young Lords: A Radical History by Johanna Fernandez My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was my second or third time to read this book and it remains as stunning as ever. Between the Young Lords and FALN, as well as many dozens of other groups, most continental Americans would be shocked to know …
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