Hot Pink Hangover

Our guest writer is an environmental and social justice activist, wine enthusiast, & chocolate lover!
She also happens to be our drummer's sister.

A guy I know is dying.  

I realize this statement is applicable to everyone…

When I was a kid, Easter was my favorite holiday. My mom would painstakingly decorate our house with vibrant hanging eggs, cute little rabbits, & vases of plastic lilies. Her fabulous mod decorations haven't changed since the 1970s and…

I once dated a guy with a mentally ill dog. It was difficult to be in the same room as the miserable mutt, because of the unyielding way he would snarl and foam at the mouth, maliciously gazing at me…

My grandfather was a front-line machine gunner in WWII. He likely shot down more people in the 18 months he spent on the front lines, than I have sung for during my 20 years as a musician. Yet on his…

In my lifetime there have been 3 memorable world events that have caused mass hysteria, which in turn, have brought out the very best and the very worst in humanity: Y2K, 911, and now COVID-19. One thing I've learned…

I go to the gym a couple times a week in an attempt to blow off steam and so I can feel better about myself in the event anybody ever asks me if I work out. To be sure…

(Michael Prenosil- author, poet, public speaker, & human rights activist)

I come from unwanted stock, not a miracle of life. I come from a place not many truly survive. From a grocery store of human flesh ripe for…

One year ago I had this hair-brained idea to document some of the dysfunction that goes on inside my head- partly to exorcise the demons in my amygdala and partly to see if some of my interpretations of life's nuances…

In my brain, I'm still a youngster just trying to figure out what I'm going to do with myself, what my purpose in life is, and basically who & what I want to be when I grow up... The problem…

My first car was a 1968 Chevelle Malibu. My dad wanted me to have something reliable, classy, and a vehicle that would take a beating- should I ever hit a deer or drive into a ditch, which I did. I'd…

It was a frigid February evening, and Danny Rampage & I had been arguing. He left to grab some drinks with colleagues and I, feeling frustrated & irritated, decided to go to bed early. I did my usual bedtime routine…

Because I grew up poor, I always assumed I was going to make it up to myself by marrying into money. I had visions of lavishing myself with exorbitant gifts, treating myself to luxurious vacations, and being able to shop…