• Ask Run-DMSteve

    “Ask Run-DMSteve” returns, after a refreshing intermission of five years, thanks to fascinating questions from two of my three readers. This week we hear from Dr. D, another working stiff with a Ph.D. Next week we’ll “get down” with my mentor, Accused of Lurking. Dear Run-DMSteve, The other day I…

  • Don’t hate me because synthesizers are beautiful

    This week I fired my wife. And my dog. I voted three times to do things I didn’t want to do and that my neighbors begged me not to do in the first place. I took away people’s rights. Why are people always whining about their rights? I’m white, I’m…

  • How to help your favorite writer in one easy step: The ultimate guide

    Are you offended by bad language? Inappropriate sex? How about working all day in an office? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re going to love the story I just published in Across the Margin, “a webzine dedicated to culture, truth, and madness”! Here I was, getting…

  • So much younger than today

    Somewhere on the way to the South Pole. Karen Marlene Dunning was Karrie to everyone she knew. And she knew everyone. Karrie moved easily within and between so many subcultures that she must’ve been at least one degree hotter than Kevin Bacon. When I met Karrie, I was new to…

  • Top 4 things I learned after tripping over The Righteous Brothers

    The Very Best of The Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody The Righteous Brothers 1990 For all of you who read my title and are now trying to drag me out of the seat I paid for: Hear me, my people! I’m not disputing the angelic status of Bobby Hatfield and Bill…