Tag: fighting

• Ali. Now There Was A Man.

  When I was a kid, Muhammad Ali was a ubiquitous media figure, whether he was fighting or being interviewed or selling cologne on the television. I missed the early years of his career, and only learned about the political aspects of his fame much later. (a link to a fantastic article on Ali follows my…

  JunkChuck

  June 4, 2016

  Commentary, Narrative/Journal

  atlanta, boxing, cassius clay, fighting, greatest, islam, jail, muhammad ali, olympic, olympics, parkinson’s, viet nam

• Michael Vick Furor + I H8 Change.org

  So, my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers went out and signed pariah quarterback Michael Vick as what is likely to be a short term fill-in as a backup.  Predictably, a few dim, narrow corridors in the social media maze have gone ablaze with fury fired so hot that it quickly consumed all available oxygen, which resulted in…

  JunkChuck

  August 26, 2015

  Commentary

  controversy, criminal, dog, dogs, eagles, fighting, jets, killed, michael Vicki, mike, pittsburgh, steelers, vick

• Reflections Of An Asshole

  I can be an asshole sometimes. (“Sometimes?” My wife calls from the other room)  I know it.  I don’t want to smell your cigarette smoke, for example, and if I catch you stopping on your morning walk to let your dog shit in my yard you sure as hell better have a plastic bag in…

  JunkChuck

  July 22, 2014

  Commentary, Journal

  aggression, anger, fighting, fury, jackson hole, manopause, short fuse, spirts of the west, sucker punch, sunbury pa, swimming