I See You, Johnny

Reading about the reaction to the Johnny Depp/Amber whatshername mess I caught myself getting worked up. The more I read, the more I felt the lump in my throat and…
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I’m A Little Rusty At This

I’m sitting in my living room looking at pictures on the floor in the hallway; accumulated mementos of a shared life with my favorite person.    In case you thought…
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An Expletive Filled Diatribe About… Dogs

I cannot emphasize this enough. We all know those people, you know the ones I’m talking about: dogs are so much better than people… bllllaaaaaahjjjkkllkkadsd.  I mean, that’s what it…
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How Bout That Verdict

    Be honest, you were at least a little surprised Derek Chauvin was convicted yesterday. In fact, you were already pretty sure beforehand that even if he was was…
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Things I Wish I’d Said

  Been thinking about Uncle Ben’s Rice the last couple days. I used to eat it quite a lot. It was so much easier to make than Mexican rice and…
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As Heaven Is Wide

  I don’t really know where this is going, I only know I need to write or I might not survive to the next minute.  It was a strange dream…
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Bonjour

  I’ve been thinking a lot about Paris lately.  In high school I read about all the best writers spending time there, writing, finding their voice. That my favorite book…
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My America

It’s been a week since that other guy left the White House. It’s been three weeks since he sent his mob of thugs to the Capitol. I hate that other…
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Hi

Since way back in the days when I was doing stand-up comedy I looked for rudymartinez.com. It was not available. Dot net was taken by an actor. He’s got a…
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