Semi-Coherent Musings - from one of the leading masters of this questionable art form!
8 Sep 2025 6 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Friday afternoon finds me standing inside a Goodwill, just around the corner from our apartment. Though each of us conducts his own research independently, the chosen subject is identical. Namely, as summer inexplicably approaches much sooner than s...
5 Sep 2025 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
That’s my take on the situation, too, that a few drinks might help the situation. Regarding Big Phil’s assertion about the impact of drugs, eh, not so much, for it seems mighty obvious how that’s working out. A radio is just barely audible in his ro...
3 Sep 2025 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Phil’s advice about girls plus drugs was questionable to begin with, and now finds itself collapsing on every side. He remains mostly trapped in his room, which is a sad, unfortunate turn of events. And though lacking specifics, it can basically...
2 Sep 2025 6 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Yes, I have a black name,” is one of the first things out of Shoniqua’s mouth, this maiden voyage meeting her. Though I haven’t mentioned that, she is apparently used to hearing such, hence the preemptive strike. Yet still must prefer it to he...
1 Sep 2025 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Conversation at this table in Pardners is considerably less stimulating, though the potential looms large. Karaoke has gone okay, from a performance standpoint, but the song selection progressively poorer and even worse, boring, as this night...
31 Aug 2025 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Tonal shifts arrive in subtle waves, the longer we continue to sit here. So much seems preordained in retrospect, considering the list of characters who behave exactly as one would expect. And yet this amounts to a longshot betting parlay, whe...
31 Aug 2025 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
As though an omnipotent superbeing, Robby calls me for the first time in months, wondering if I might want to hit happy hour. Apart from the occurrence itself, the strangest aspect to this is that I was planning on calling him this afternoon a...
29 Aug 2025 22 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
I get it, though. If you’re going to entertain some unusual notions about conquering this daily farce, then you risk others not exactly endorsing your stunts. And this is possibly a positive. The fewer bodies jammed onto this elevator — regard...
28 Aug 2025 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Answers on the Joe front arrive soon enough. Curiosity insatiable, Dylan makes a point of tracking our old friend down at his parents’ house, to get the full scoop. It seems that my instincts were spot on, regarding the weird timing on that mi...
28 Aug 2025 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Even though I’m not so sure he knows what he’s talking about, Phil seems quite convinced of this point. And he is presumably enjoying some success with this approach, out on the town with Jen. Or more accurately, at Bootleggers with Jen, where...
