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June 8, 2015 by randalldeanscott
I understand it now. My father’s sigh following a big gulp of beer at the end of the day was …
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Category: The Fight Against Greed and Injustice
| Tags: 1%, alcohol, beer, death of father, drinking, economy, father, history, humanity, medicine, one percent, past, politics, present, recharge, relief, reload, time, tomorrow
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June 7, 2015 by randalldeanscott
Sleepless nights don’t often find me so I’m at the keyboard now. This is where I end up when my …
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Category: Home
| Tags: beer, broken heart, creative writing, dreams, drinking, economy, fate, fighting demons, government, gritty lives, insomnia, inspiration, life lessons, lost love, memories, poverty, reflections, society, survival, Writing
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October 14, 2014 by randalldeanscott
Photo Credit: KGW News – http://www.kgw.com/weather/ These dark clouds bring rain and dim my necessary light for sanity. I wear …
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Category: Adjusting to Portland, Journey, Observations During the In-Between, Randall's Journal
| Tags: acceptance, bad times, bar, beer, building walls, caring too much, death, depression, destiny, disregard, disregarding others, drinking, emotions, existence, fall, foolish regard, good times, heart too big, heaviness, journey, learning, loss, memories, Mental Health, pining, Portland Oregon, purpose, rain, reckoning, remembering, roads, small circles, sorrow
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September 11, 2014 by randalldeanscott
I picked up a pen it was all I could think to do I was overly anxious my thoughts mild …
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Category: Writing
| Tags: anxiety, beer, creative writing, creepers, dark shades, drinking, fiction, humanity, life answers, life questions, MAX train, Mental Health, pages, pen, Poetry, self medicating, stress, therapy, Writing
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August 29, 2014 by randalldeanscott
I was only seven years old when I heard the words… you can be anything you want to be and …
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Category: Coming of Age - Reflections
| Tags: acceptance, addiction, adolescence, age seven, age ten, alcoholism, aspirations, barflies, barmaid, bars, beer, billiards, break, broken homes, brother, cabs, cash, child, child custody, child protective services, coming of age, cue ball, dad, divorce, drinking, drunk, eight ball, family, father, grandmother, honkeytonks, humanity, jail, jukebox, memories, Mother, movie theatre, movies, neglect, parental guidance, parenting, Pina Coladas, pool hustler, pool shark, pool table, pool tables, poor, president, President of the United States, president of united states, prison, pubs, rack, rednecks, Relationships, right of passage, shooting pool, social services, son, supervision, tips, women
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August 22, 2014 by randalldeanscott
I have friends who tell stories about their grandfather’s how they talk about the wars the great depression I remember …
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Category: Coming of Age - Reflections
| Tags: adolescence, beer, childhood, city worker, death, drinking, fishing, funerals, grandfather, grandmother, hispanic, journey, macho, memories, menudo soup, mexican, papa, school yard fights, tamales, tortillas, tough, welding
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May 28, 2014 by randalldeanscott
I’ve said it before how much I adore these sleepy mornings waking up nice and slow with the city all …
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Category: bad economy, Earning the Rent, Greed, Hard Times, Observations During the In-Between, The Fight Against Greed and Injustice, Writing
| Tags: apathy, attitude, beer, bills, city, commute, commuting, cost of living, credit, debt, desperation, economy, education, employment, failure, fees, finances, foreclosures, gigs, hell, high cost of living, homeless, housing crash, human services, humanity, jobs, living costs, market, medicine, morale, observations, odds, opportunities, painful realizations, payments, people, real estate crash, resigned, robots, routine, self distraction, self medicating, society, stacked odds, stock market, stock market crash, student loans, surrender, taxes, the man, the masses, uncle sam, unemployment, walking, walking the city, welfare, Wine, work
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May 9, 2014 by randalldeanscott
I kept telling myself that I need to go home I was half into my fifth beer when I saw …
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Category: Observations During the In-Between
| Tags: bar, beer, billiards, drinking, game, lessons, life, life lessons, shooting pool
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May 7, 2014 by randalldeanscott
I sit here with a dead phone thinking of a woman I’d like to call while drunkenly gnawing on a …
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Category: Observations During the In-Between
| Tags: beer, billiards, drink, drunk, Food, lonesome, pool
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May 4, 2014 by randalldeanscott
I was staring into the mirror on the wall wishing I had enough cash to get into one of those …
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Category: Home
| Tags: bar, beer, drinking, eye contact, eyes, gay, gay bar, liquor, men, Wine, women
Randall Dean Scott 
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