TJW's blog

Sub Drama and Baby Talk

Black grandmas in the South are the best. Went to a sub shop to get a veggie sub and there’s this sort of counter thing in front of the toppings bar. Don’t know why. This black grandma came in with her grandson; all this I’m assuming based on appearance, age difference, dig? The kid grabbed the counter thing and pulled himself up, guess to get a look at the toppings, and his grandma said Boy, git yo ass offa dat man’s counter! The man making the...

The Camaraderie of Men

This past Friday I was operating a crane and my foreman comes on the radio to inform me that when the particular cargo ship I’m unloading is unloaded he wants me to come down and do some “receiving work” - moor incoming ships. I replied “Roger” and he replied “Well, don’t sound so fuckin’ thrilled about it, sweetheart. And don’t think that just because you’re cute I won’t kick your gloomy ass.”

Biggest Love from the Smallest Body

I just closed the door when mama bolted out of the house and damn near slammed me against my car with the impact of her hug. This 5’4” woman, 100 lbs soaking wet, damn near bowled me over. She wrapped her arms around my neck and tried to hoist herself up and wrap her legs around my waist to complete a mama bear hug but she recently had knee surgery so that was impossible. Just clung to my neck. I had to lift her up lest she choke me. Lifted her...

Cut

So I have been using Mederma scar gel and it won’t make the scars go away. Nothing will make them go away. Nothing. Will. Make. Them. Go. Away. But they have gradually changed from trenches to smooth maplines. Still they will never go away. The blast and the chemicals of it, the blast and the heat of it, the blast and the burning from it, the blast and the scarring because of it will never go away. Will never go away. They will stay. And now...

Hollow

So I was reading “The Hollow Men,” Eliot, and it broke on me, came to me, yes, it must be a hollow point bullet. A hollow point expands on impact, expands and stretches and transfers its damage. Expands. Stretches. Expands. Transfers. Expands. Like a starburst. Like fungus. That’s the way to do it. Expansion. Death by a bullet’s real estate. Amazing, really, the damage that a single caliber with a dipped tip causes. It shrooms. Mushrooms. Like a...

Road Trip

Taking off work tomorrow to drive down to Bushnell, FL, site of the state's national cemetery. Veterans Day road trip. Take about 2 and a half hours to get there. Going to visit a friend. Kid, really. Originally from Iowa. Never said a vulgar word in his life, not that I ever heard, except once. He found this mongrel btich. Belly fat with worms. Mange all over. He washed her and fed her. Wasn't a hope in hell of keeping her alive but he never...

Buddy

A buddy does you a solid and cusses you out at the same time - Indulge - btich get ur ass ready k imma pick u up in 10 min kk imma come for your ass K type one more time k i dare you i double dare you motherfucker ----(love how motherfucker was an afterthought) Potassium u son of a bitch

Input

Watching football. First games ending, second games starting. Get a phone call in between from a female who's askin me a shit ton of questions. Listen, females. When you ask a man a question he is not thinking about the best answer, he ain't even thinking about an answer to the question. He's thinking about what to say to shut this shit down. And when you're with him and you're taking off your clothes and you're thinking Does he think my breasts...