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Replacing my blog at http://pablosmoglives.wordpress.com


Mexican Mouse Cartel War

31 Jan 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Sr. Gonzalez, I am deeply troubled by the recent turn of events, which has made it clear that it is impossible for us to cohabitate within the walls of this house any longer.  Unfortunately, it seems that one of us will have to die.  I am writing to...

A Knife or An Eye

30 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

  A knife or an eye,a youth for a tooth These are we beliefsinscribbled in truth Who'thgraffiti'dsuch political obscenitieson these overwateredbuildings? Telephone bewilderings The mummies will not win They've hoarded all the sugar I hate the Senato...

A Society of Droogs

23 Jan 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"There is none righteous, no, not one:”Romans 3:10   What's the difference between A Clockwork Orange and 2019's Joker?  In Joker, Alex wins. Watch the compressed sitcom version of A Clockwork Orange in this 5-minute clip, when Alex defeats the gang...

Teams Are Better Than Communities

21 Jan 2023 8 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

People who know me know how much I dislike the buzzwords that have infiltrated public discourse.  "Community," "content," "creator," and the like, are all generic words that are interchangeable and therefore meaningless, and which devalue everything...

Hellfire in a Nutshell

20 Jan 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"May they all sleep tight down in hell tonightor wherever they may be"Shane MacGowan   Did I ever tell you the story about getting smoked out by Billy The Kid?  It's true, Billy The Kid smoked me out from the great and horrible beyond.  I was hanging...

Cigarette Poem

18 Jan 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

It's over. I am throwing them away. The last 2 cigarros,hopefully for life. The gringo businessis finallycoming to a close. I find I amhungover from it. Dealing with gringosis like going on a bender. It's something from whichit is necessaryto recover...

Boxcars of Thought

16 Jan 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"I like bein' freeand that makes mean idiot I suppose"Stan Rogers   Remember the scene from The Pianist when everybody is logging into their social media accounts, and either Adrien Brody's character or one of his siblings says this boxcar is better...

Song of the Gringo

14 Jan 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Today was ridiculous.  I copped a ride from a kid wearing a life preserver, and we went back in time to the 1930s.  All the Mexicans were having a wedding, at which my great-grandfather was scheduled to perform.  I bought a serape and a large hat and...

My Nico Year

12 Jan 2023 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"The darkness is my birthright."Nico   I might as well warn you up front, you may very well have no business here.  Not reading this blog, not listening to my music, never stopping to wonder how the world never seems to improve in spite of a compulsi...

Ghosts Before Breakfast

5 Jan 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"In the future only those who are members of a chamber are allowed to be productive in our cultural life.  Membership is open only to those who fulfill the entrance condition.  In this way all unwanted and damaging elements have been excluded."  Jose...