PinnedCar Karma: Los Angeles’s Car ObsessionOnly a week after moving to California I knew I’d have to have a convertible — and it’d have to be red. No matter what make or what size, I just couldn’t bear driving the L.A. freeways any longer in a pantyhose-colored Chevette. As soon as I spotted it in…Short Story11 min readShort Story11 min read
PinnedMember-onlyThe Mill’s SecretAbsolutely lost, I floored the tiny red Fiat over the next hill, past the unfamiliar green fields and quaint villages serving as a backdrop to a glorious display of monstrous mountains that looked like they were going to swallow up everything. …Scary13 min readScary13 min read
PinnedRaw Horse Meat Saved Her from a Botched AbortionThe very few times my mother talked about the illegal abortion she experienced, one thing always stuck in my memory: how she was nursed back from near-death by eating raw horse meat. It’s a horrific small detail in an otherwise completely horrific story. With all the talk about abortion recently…Abortion13 min readAbortion13 min read
PinnedMember-onlyPepe Viejo, an Ode to a Dear DoxieWhy am I so sad? People say, “It’s just a dog. Those things happen.” With all the things to be sad about… People losing their jobs, Earthquakes, fires, storms and floods, the girl dying because of a botched transplant, the kid stolen from bed in the middle of the night, …Dachshund8 min readDachshund8 min read
PinnedMy Bizarre Not-So-Close Encounter At Area 51This story is being told as accurately as I remember it. I’m a journalist, so I know fact from fiction, and how conjecture is different from reality. I’m going to try to stay as close to the truth as I can recall. PS: I was not on drugs. Anyone who…Area 5119 min readArea 5119 min read
Jan 19Member-only‘Raymond Lewis: L.A. Legend’ is the Greatest Basketball Player You’ve Never Seen (Movie Review)Raymond Lewis: L.A. Legend Rating: 7/10 Directors and Writers: Ryan Polomski and Dean Prator Style: Documentary Time: 82 minutes Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NzNpikx070 Review by Mike Szymanski Los Angeles is definitely a city of secrets and after more than three decades here, I’m constantly finding out more about the people and potential…Basketball5 min readBasketball5 min read
Jan 16Member-onlyCapping Off Bruce Willis’s Action Career with Satisfying ‘Independence’ (Movie Review)Detective Knight: Independence Rating: 9/10 Director: Edward John Drake Writer: Edward John Drake Style: Action/Crime Thriller Time: 90 minutes Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt-hyQE-sIA Rated: R Review by Mike SzymanskiBruce Willis6 min readBruce Willis6 min read
Jan 16Member-onlyBruce Willis Gets Redeemed in One of his Final Films: ‘Detective Knight: Redemption’(Movie Review)Detective Knight: Redemption Rating: 8/10 Director: Edward John Drake Writers: Edward John Drake and Corey Large Style: Action/Crime Thriller Time: 93 minutes Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXMbkKzvpHY Rated: R Review by Mike SzymanskiBruce Willis4 min readBruce Willis4 min read
Jan 15Member-only‘Razzennest’ Is the Funniest, Scariest Movie You’ll Ever Listen To (Movie Review)Razzennest Rating: 7/10 Director: Johannes Grenzfurthner Writer: Johannes Grenzfurthner Style: Comedy/Horror/Satire Time: 81 minutes Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIuF40DRsXI Review by Mike Szymanski Just when you think all the innovative stuff was done involving found-footage films, or all-devices movies, there comes something truly unique and innovative that will bite you in the fettasna…Indie Film5 min readIndie Film5 min read
Dec 19, 2022Member-onlyAre you Dreaming of a Bi Christmas? Funny Bisexual Christmas CarolsBeing Bisexual is lonely enough sometimes, but try to find anything during the holidays that is even remotely Bi. …Bisexual5 min readBisexual5 min read
