The Renegade Writer's Mouthy Musings

Hello, Everyone! Happy Saturday to you all. Mine has been interesting, to say the least. I’ve had several ass-bags invade my inbox and leave the most idiotic comments on my articles and notes. But I’m learning a lesson with all of this fuckery going on today: The more idiots in your comment sections, the better you’re doing. If I wasn’t growing and being noticed, these dipshits wouldn’t flock to m...

Welcome to our latest episode of You Have the Right to Remain Mouthy podcast . Kenyon Ray York-Byers and I am super excited to share our new episode of our collaborative podcast. We always have a lot to say and have fun doing it. We’re just two dudes who enjoy chatting about bullshit over a couple of beers. Sit down with us and listen to pretty funny stuff. We sometimes talk in circles, forget whe...

Hey Peeps. I’m gonna make this intro short and to the point today. No cutesy bullshit. I was on one today, this topic got me surprisingly fired up. So please just give it a listen and enjoy it. I hope you feel the way I do about billionaires and the differences between many of them. They all could be doing more. But some are doing far more than you or I are currently doing. Not all billionaires ar...

Good afternoon, y’all! I’m having a rough time, today. A lack of sleep last night made the recording of this episode difficult. But it was fun attempting to record this episode with my eyes closed while lying in bed. Give this one a listen and let me know if you can tell a difference. I explain how and why this exhausted version of the daily podcast happened today. (Thanks, Mooch) Anyway, enough i...

Hey, hey, hey, Everyone! Whoa, that sort of sounded like Fat Albert. Who remembers that big fella? We used to love that shit as kids, the cartoon was so much fun. And speaking of fun, I’m sure enjoying this daily podcast of mine. In fact, it’s becoming even more fun than writing for me, as of late. In today’s episode, I talk about how much I enjoy podcasting and posting content on Substack and Blu...

Hey Folks, Happy Monday afternoon to you all. I was planning on making this a more light-hearted episode of the podcast today, but I changed my mind at the last minute. I received some really douchey comments from some asshat on Substack about Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the MAGA movement. Basically, I’M the toxic hater for not wanting to be ruled by the billionaire class. It’s bad enough that Tr...

What’s happening, Y’all? Happy Sunday to you! I hope things are going well and that you’re happy, safe, and having a great weekend. I love cooking for my family, especially on the weekends. After a trip to the grocery store with Mooch, I started thinking about all of the dinners I’ve cooked in thirteen years for my family. That’s a lot of great food and a shit-ton of leftovers. In today’s podcast...

Well, Helloooooooo! Hope you are all having a badass Saturday afternoon. I know I am. I have a topic for y’all today based on an expression that my father used to say: “People have an overrated opinion of their own importance.” Even as a grade school kid back in the 80s, I knew what he meant by that. We think that everything we say or do is SO important. That people SO care about what we think abo...

Welcome to our first video episode of You Have the Right to Remain Mouthy podcast . Kenyon Ray York-Byers and I are super excited to share the first video version of our weekly podcast with you all. We just filmed it this afternoon and decided to publish it with almost no editing. Just two dudes chatting about bullshit over a couple of beers. This title refers to the beginning and ending parts of...

Hey Everyone! Today, I wanted to talk about Substack, and how I’ve grown a large following in just 4 1/2 months. I only thought of Substack as a backup to my main writing platform, Medium. I never figured that there would be a better-paying writing site that was more fun and had better potential. Damn, was I ever wrong. Substack kicks Medium’s ass and it isn’t even close. So let me tell you how I...

Happy Wednesday to you all. In today’s episode, which is number 50 in 50 days by the way (Go ME!), I talk about some odd characteristics that MAGA folks tend to share. I also make my feelings clear about these things in the way that you’ve come to know and appreciate. Spoiler Alert: I’m feeling better than yesterday, so this one is spicy. I appreciate you guys sticking with me these past couple of...

Hey Y’all, Man, it’s been a day. As I mentioned yesterday, I headed into Walgreens to get two shots, one for shingles, the other, a COVID Booster. Holy hell, I feel like hammered crap. I’m surprised I was able to get my two articles done earlier. It was a struggle. Today’s episode of this podcast is a labor of love. I just about pulled the plug on it, but that’s not my style. Instead, it’s a bit s...

Good afternoon, Everyone! Happy Monday to you. Hopefully, you’re back in the swing of things after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. If you’ve had people visiting your home, perhaps you’re happy to be back in a normal, less chaotic routine. I’m all about routine at this stage of life. Being fifty, I am starting to embrace my normal schedule and busy daily routine. Today, I took a bit of a detour f...

Happy Sunday, Everyone! In today’s podcast, I talk about the reasons people don’t care for most self-proclaimed “Christian” people. There are several reasons for this, and the main ones drive me nuts. I’m sure I’m not alone on this. After realizing what time it was shortly before recording this podcast, I realized how much hypocrisy, bigotry, and greed I witnessed within the churches I attended un...

Good afternoon, Y’all. Today’s podcast focuses on realizing who is and isn’t your friend. And more importantly, who’s your enemy. The most vocal, loud-mouthed, ill-mannered Trump supporters are my enemies. They are the ones who voted against the best interests of my family. With a half-Vietnamese Bride, two mixed-race children, and a gay daughter, I have every reason in the world to take racism, b...

Happy Friday to you all! Specifically, Black Friday, for those of you who believe in such a thing. This Fella? Hell fucking no. I wrote an article earlier today about not giving a rat’s ass about Black Friday. I don’t need to save fifty bucks on a TV badly enough to stand in line for hours in 20-degree weather when I’d normally be in the middle of my REM cycle of sleep. I also don’t like being stu...

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! I hope all is well and that you’re having a wonderful turkey day with friends, family, and people you care about. If you’re choosing to distance yourself from family members who negatively affect your mental health, I respect that choice. Especially if they are loud-mouthed, ignorant MAGA fuckwits. Today, I want to talk about the things that I’m thankful for and the...

Happy Day Before Thanksgiving, Everyone! It’s your favorite Mouthy writer and podcaster, wishing you a wonderful Pre-Thanksgiving Wednesday. I hope you’re off work already or will be soon, enjoying your friends, family, and fur-pets, like I am. The Boy and I are going to be making Bánh Xèo, a Vietnamese treasure for dinner tonight. There will be music, drinks, and the entire immediate family home...

Hey Y’all! Happy Tuesday. It was a low-key, somewhat somber day earlier. I found myself a bit annoyed at home this morning with so many people home during the day, which is not generally the case. But with three family members at home when they’re usually working, it was difficult to focus on my writing. So I booked it over to my Bride’s office to get some quiet time to write and to do this podcas...

Well hello, and Happy Monday to you all! I’m happy to be back with you this Monday before Thanksgiving. I hope some of you are off for the week, or at least get two days off. A shorter workweek would be welcomed by most, I’m sure. If you’re not off this week, I hope that time passes quickly for you until Turkey Day. Speaking of time passing quickly, in today’s podcast, I discuss how quickly time f...

Happy Sunday, Everyone! In today’s podcast, I talk about life goals and reaching them when you’re younger. I think back to when I was my son’s age and realize how delayed I was in reaching some of life’s important milestones. I’m glad he’s doing the things now that will help him to enjoy life as he grows older. This isn’t to say that you can’t achieve things or be happy at an older age. I didn’t s...

Alright, Fellas. I’m gonna say some shit, and you’re gonna listen. If you’re smart, that is. I do this because I care, not because I’m trying to Man-Shame. I say these things because a LOT of men need to hear them. Not all men, I get it. I’m not talking to the ones who don’t need to hear this message. I’m preaching to the ones who DO need to hear it. You’ll know which one you are after you listen...

Happy weekend, Everyone! It’s Friday and I’m in love. With having a good time. As we wait for the arrival of our son coming home from college later tonight, I was thinking about being that age. I didn’t party when I was younger. I had my first drink at 24 or 25 years old. That probably comes along with being raised in church by a pastor father, attending 3 times a week. We were taught that everyth...

Eat shit, Matt Gaetz. In today’s episode of, “How Badly Can Trump Fuck Over America?” there’s actually great news. Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from his nomination to be Attorney General. But let’s be clear, he didn’t do this voluntarily. Trump fired him before he was even hired. “YOU’RE FIRED, BOTOX BUTTHEAD!” Evidently, it’s poor form to nominate probable pedophiles and child traffickers. Even for a...

Hey Substack! Glad to see you all today, thank you for checking out this episode. I had a thought about something today as I was driving around running errands with Libby the Mooch . We were enjoying a nice car ride, she loves a good buh-bye, when this thought hit me: You have every right to change the cost, terms, or conditions for people to access your time. Your time is valuable, and it should...