mostly nonfiction and bakersfield news | November 13th, 2009
Witch Black and Baby Blue
By James Michael Blaine
Chaos everywhere in the five county area and by the time I creep into the last ER I’ve had more than my fill of manic-depressives and opiate suicides gone awry. I drop my gear and sift through the patient fridge for a Gatorade G2.
“No Grape?” I ask Jody, the nurse.
Swiping her name [...]
From The Mail Bag
Please enjoy this post by Michael Thomas Ford on RedRoom.com today. Why do gay men get the best fan mail? – Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
For some reason Mondays bring the most reader mail. I don’t know if it’s because people have more time over the weekend and decide that writing to me is preferable to [...]
The Atheist and The Believer
Kip Tobin writes a thought provoking piece on the discussion of belief on TheNervousBreakdown.com. – Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
The atheist and the believer walked together on the path that followed the highway, looking for light.
Everything visible was dampened gray, as if some colossal waterlogged blanket was thrown on top of their sky and hung there, [...]
The Menace of Moose Heads
By Elizabeth Collins
Who, in this reading audience, hates moose and thinks they should die, should be wiped off the face of the Earth? (Sarah Palin, put your hand down.)
Moose aren’t typically seen as evil—they’re innocently goofy-looking, slow lumbering, vegetarian beasts. They’re even mildly cute in a gangly, too-big-for-their-own-good sort of way.
Think about Bullwinkle, and a [...]
On Writing, Words and Pity
Author Sunny Singh discusses realizing the true meaning of words at www.RedRoom.com. -Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
For the first time in my life, this past week I felt pity. It may sound strange as the word is so commonplace and yet it was profound experience.
As a writer, I am fascinated by the near impossible challenge of [...]
Happy Birthday to Irresponsible Writer Rich Ferguson
Nick Belardes makes a fabulous Bond Girl in this Happy Birthday post to Rich Ferguson on TheNervousBreakdown.com. – Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
Rich Ferguson, because it’s your birthday and because you just make being a Bond Girl so insanely cool, we’ve run a little contest in your honor: Who Makes the Best Bond Girl?
As you will [...]
On Roman Polanski
By Sean Beaudoin
Like any other issue, the question of defending or excusing the behavior of Roman Polanski is vastly more nuanced that either Geraldine Ferraro (jail for life, how could you think otherwise?) or Debra Winger (he’s a great artist, this is an outrage) would have it. The abuse of a minor, on the surface, [...]
A Multi-Hyphenate’s Guide to Independent Filmmaking, Chapter 1: Pre-Production
Kimberly Wetherell, director of the short comic documentary “Why We Wax”, discusses what it takes to successfully make a film on TheNervousBreakdown.com. – Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
The most important thing for any Multi-hyphenate (Writer/Director/Producer) to know before embarking on an independent film project is this: No One Knows Anything.[1]
First and foremost, you must always remember: [...]
Good Grief, My Poor Car!
By Karen DeVincenzo
I went to the auto body shop today to remove items from my car that had been living in it longer than I can remember. You know, obsolete maps from the door pockets, stale tic-tacs and change from the glove compartment, the just-in-case toothbrush from the center console. They all got tossed into [...]
The Next Species
James Gaitis muses about the species after us on RedRoom.com. Enjoy! – Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
We were talking about the next species to come. The species after Homo sapiens. She said she hoped its defining characteristic would be a new sixth sense. And when I asked her what sense that might be she said, “A [...]
