Hi Peter.

I covered cops and then courts for a long time at a daily. I loved it. But it took a toll. I left the industry 8 years ago, and still? I can close my eyes and see crime scenes and autopsy pics; hear the detached testimony of medical examiners over the barely-stifled whimpers of those left behind, for whom the…

Zero Fucks Given

I’m not going to tell you to fuck off, but there have been times when the f-word is the only one that makes sense. Particularly when I’m ranting against, say, an internet troll of the highest disorder. Or when I’m recalling actual words said to me.

On Tuesday, Josh, a sheepish thirty-something guy in a red shirt leapt over a fence and sprinted across the parking lot without paying me. It wasn’t the money that was the most distressing thing. It was his tongue on my face.

Josh’s full set of braces and white leather Converse set him apart from the other geriatric preppy…