Tag: riff raff

Riff Raff: And then there was karma

Probably shouldn’t. But here goes. It was karma that caught up with Jeff Long. Not the good kind. The kind that comes around when your britches get bigger than your…

Riff Raff: All thanked up, again

Editor’s note: This essay was first posted in November 2012. Few things have changed. ––––––––––––––––––– In this month containing the Thanksgiving holiday, folks on Facebook have taken to listing something…

Riff Raff: Amber waves of weed, a ‘Heavenly Palace,’ and we don’t need no due process

In addition to supplying the U.S. with ugly Donald Trump ties, the Chinese could soon drop on our country tis of thee a 9.3-ton space station. Insult, meet injury. But,…

Riff Raff: Observations, Muslims, gun ranges, and a Hill too far

The lady who may run against Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson in the Republican primary owns a gun range in Hot Springs. She captured national news when she banned muslims from…

Riff Raff: Observations, thoughts and prayers, political jiggering, and King Tut’s grandma

The original intro for this essay was scrapped after that horrible thing in Vegas. Insanity. Y’all can send your loads of thoughts and prayers, but don’t expect real leadership on…

Riff Raff: Observations, a robot fridge, etch-o-sketches, and selective free speech

A robotic, voice-activated refrigerator is being tested. It will deliver to your IKEA couch your over-priced, millennial-loving craft beer. Don’t need the dog. Don’t need your legs. This is the…

Riff Raff: Observations, stuff that ain’t right, artful momentum, and remaining together

Based on them fancy history books and reports from the fake news media, when Katrina hit New Orleans the president was NOT Obama. He may have lost his birth certificate…

Riff Raff: Observations, a holy eclipse, downtown Springdale, and unacceptable art

This upcoming eclipse is not a normal cosmic event. It’s biblical. This eclipse is followed by another seven years later. The eclipse paths cross in Missouri over the New Madrid…

Riff Raff: Observations, ketchup storage, more better writing, and immigrants

Recently learned there are just two categories of Americans. You have those who refrigerate ketchup and those who don’t. Depending on who you ask, one group represents all that’s wrong…

Riff Raff: Connecting the What Was with the What’s Next – again

Editor’s note: This essay was first posted 11 months ago to note the second year of The Unexpected Project. We post it again to welcome the third year. –––––––––––––––––––––– They…

Riff Raff: Observations, a dinosaur-riding savior, a real Nutt job, and 50 education labs

If Mr. Musk’s hyperloop thing doesn’t soon arrive in Chicago, there is always Mildred. Best Uber driver ever. Her tiny red Kia used every part of the interstate except the…

Riff Raff: Observations, Moses, Michael, and civilization-ending gummy bears

Moses, it is told in the Old Testament, smashed the first version of the Ten Commandments he brought down from “the mount.” Michael Reed used his car to smash the…

Riff Raff: Observations, complete honesty, shifting politics, and independence stuff

On the weekend we celebrate our freedom, law enforcement agencies around the country proudly boast of having more DUI checkpoints. Happy 4th of Jul-Irony. When’s that medical marijuana become available?…

Riff Raff: Observations, Boss Kean’s ditch, commie weed, and the ‘High Road’

Was told the language in this Riff Raff stuff sometimes gets too blue. The first thought was to respond with something Richard Pryor might say. Second thought was something I…

Riff Raff: Observations, non-berries, and stuff that doesn’t make America great again

It’s been brought to my attention that strawberries are not berries, but bananas and pumpkins are. Anything that can be mixed in a blender with vodka and rum and other…

Riff Raff: Observations, curly mustaches and lost causes

Tried to get this essay approved through Russian back channels. Turns out, that’s not a good idea. But the essay contains good words, some of the best words. Some of…

Riff Raff: Camel backs and last straws

A friend wanted to know if the fiasco with Fort Smith’s recycling program is the result of fraud or stupidity. Yes. In spades. And then some. Let’s consider why the…

Riff Raff: Observations, drug money, ‘far away eyes,’ and gum and trinkets

There is this guy dressed as a clown singing The Who’s “Pinball Wizard” to the music of Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues.” Genius. America is great again, already. Even if we…

Riff Raff: Observations, corporate pieholes, and the ultimate halftime show

It’s been one of those weeks where one feels they drew the short straw on a United Airlines flight. Hell, not even the Luftwaffe had passengers removed by Hitler. Or…

Riff Raff: Observations, germ wagons, and getting state-ified

Should have been at the gun range this week getting some religion as the Lord R. God intended. What follows are musings that might have occurred between busting caps for…