Semi-Coherent Musings - from one of the leading masters of this questionable art form!
14 Aug 2025 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
If Aaron is the slightly older, composed and well put together friend, then Robby is the crass inversion of those attributes. Slightly older than us as well, and even usually dressing snazzily when out on the town, but his behavior lies at the u...
13 Aug 2025 18 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Eventually, blessedly, Joe talks Angel into pouting instead at that corner table with Dylan, Pete, and Phil. When they leave, Aaron and I move a few steps closer to the dance floor railing, a seemingly prime spot right by the gap in said railing...
11 Aug 2025 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
After Joe climbs into Angel’s miniature coupe, they follow us in still another direction, north across town to Jumpers. As we approach the entrance, a doorman in a chair is checking IDs, standard protocol at places like these. Except upon reachi...
10 Aug 2025 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Upon our return, we can see that about half of Dylan’s lame older coworkers — older only in the sense that they are in their late 30s to middle 40s — have left. The rest have ventured across the aisle for seats at the bar, presumably as an act o...
9 Aug 2025 16 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Smacking unknown chicks on the ass is maybe not as common as it once was. But herein lies the dilemma for those of us trudging through this current nightlife hinterland, a route which is largely improvisational. The public and especially on...
2 Aug 2025 21 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Emma originally planned on staying here 3 weeks. Then decided on another week, and then had to stay here another week beyond that, because Maddie and Jill came down with COVID. So it’s been an awesome and longer than expected summer visit here f...
24 Jul 2025 14 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Zaun Zehner, sitting at a table in a 3 piece, is the first person I see upon entering tonight. This seems poetically fitting. The other guy seated with him turns out to be Chris Bay (from Night Vision, back in the day) but he doesn’t look least bit...
4 Jul 2025 12 minute read 2 comments jasonmcgathey
July 11 Emma walks through back door saying she feels like a “sack of meat” after long day. I came across Firestarter today, in my boxes of books, and give it to her to read – she seems excited. I make this creamy ravioli from Dinnerly...
12 Jun 2025 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
We have a few more relatively quiet days. Dad M and Cheryl sent $200 for Emma to spend this summer, which was really cool of them, so Erin takes her shopping - 2 brand new shirts, a couple of pencils she loves, a spiffy water bottle are the procee...
6 Jun 2025 14 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
McKayla and Emma, sitting on an interstate divider near Livingston, Kentucky These summers have become so epic in my mind, and I try to never take them for granted. My daughter Emma is 16 and currently lives with her mom and sister in Kentucky...
