Monthly Archives: July 2017

Trout Fisting in America Runs On Dunkin

As cusping-pubescent girls braid each other’s hair and the spartans all self-immolate in their nissan sentras, the difference between swagger & stagger is but a single letter. Same w/polar & solar. Or coffee & toffee. It seems like the public-place … Continue reading

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Trout Fisting In America #22 – Steal This Book

There’s two stories I left out of my 2006 book Dear Al-Qaeda: Letters to The World’s Most Notorious Terror Organization and they both involve bookstores. For the handful of you who’ve never read the book, it details the 6mos I … Continue reading

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Trout Fisting In America #21 – Bicycles

I remember one time this therapist said to me that whenever I got down on everything and was overcome w/despair for the human race, had convinced myself that everything was hopeless and that people were basically scum, I should remind … Continue reading

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Trout Fisting In America #20 – Sloth

Indolence. Lethargy. Torpor. Whatever.     Trout Fisting In America appears here every Tuesday. We’re going to keep going until we reach #50, or until the Trout begs for mercy. Check out previous installments HERE.

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Trout Fisting In America #19 – The 4th of July

Patriotism is the first refuge of a fascist and all that, but for all the ranting & bile in this weekly column, I need to be clear about something. You don’t write something like Trout Fisting In America because you … Continue reading

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