Tag Archives: Charles Portis

The Coronaball Run, Day 4: Little Rock to Fort Smith to Oklahoma City

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This is the fourth installment of my series about driving cross-country during the coronavirus crisis. Click here for first post, here for the second post, and here for the third post. On day four we left the south … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Arkansas, Bricktown, brutalism, but what about her emails?, Carrie Underwood, Charles Portis, Clinton Presidential Library, Coen Brothers, Fort Smith, Hidaway Pizza, Kings of Leon, Little Rock, Mena, OKC Memorial, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City Dodgers, True Grit, Vince Foster, Waffle House | 6 Comments

The UR Syllabus of Shitlordery

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Browsing my Facebook feed the past few days, I’ve been astonished at the amount of hysterical, sloppy thinking I’ve seen from many of my otherwise smart friends. How you can see a (likely gay) Muslim man shoot up … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Education, Philosophy and Religion, Politics and Economics, Sex | Tagged Bukka White, Charles Bukowski, Charles Ferguson, Charles Portis, Charles Willeford, donald westlake, Edward Abbey, Elmore Leonard, Epictetus, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gary Taubes, George MacDonald Fraser, Gore Vidal, Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending, Howlin' Wolf, John Colapinto, John Lee Hooker, John T. Flynn, Joseph McCarthy, Kevin MacDonald, Lead Belly, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lonnie Johnson, Mance Lipscomb, Marcus Aurelius, Mencius Moldbug, Michael Oakeshott, Mississippi John Hurt, Muddy Waters, Nassim Taleb, Nicholas Wade, Oswald Spengler, Otis Rush, Raymond Chandler, Red Pill, seneca, shitlordery, Skip James, Son House, Stanley Rothman, Steven Pinker, T-Bone Walker, Thomas Sowell | 7 Comments

“Norwood”

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: I thought this was a wonderful book. Published in 1966, it’s a road novel that takes place in late 50s America as the titular hero ventures from Texarkana to New York City and back. Here I am, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Television | Tagged Breaking Bad, Charles Portis, Norwood, Southern fiction, True Grit, Vince Gilligan | Leave a comment

Quote Du Jour

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: People do not give it credence that a fourteen-year-old girl could leave home and go off in the wintertime to avenge her father’s blood but it did not seem so strange then, although I will say it did … Continue reading →