James BigBoy Medlin
Aug 5, 20202 min read
WHY NOT? / What is Real?
Editor's Note: Due to a software glitch, this piece will appear both here, as a stand alone article and also as a part of the Coronavirus...
James BigBoy Medlin
Jun 29, 20203 min read
WHY NOT? / Nothing Happening, So Much Going On
(not a poem, just a prattle) ~ with apologies to Bob Wills and Asleep at the Wheel ~ Who's that guy with the red tie on? Some folks call...
James BigBoy Medlin
Apr 8, 20209 min read
WHY NOT? / BigBoy's All Something or Another Baseball Team
As of this writing, we have no baseball season. No one knows when, or if, the season will start. The ritual, distraction and meditative...
James BigBoy Medlin / Art by Dan Hubig
Mar 23, 20208 min read
The Florida Years / Chapter III & Virus Vexation
When I lived in Texas, no one ever cut my throat — although I was twice threatened with such action. My throat was completely off-limits...
James BigBoy Medlin
Feb 26, 20209 min read
Flickers
— or A Salute to Character Actors — or How Hollywood Screwed Up My Life Before I Even Got There On November 20, 1944, the whole world...
James BigBoy Medlin
Oct 28, 20198 min read
The Florida Years, Chapter II
When moving to a foreign country (in this case Florida), adjustments must be made. First up — getting one’s papers in order. The local...
James 'BigBoy' Medlin / Photo: Dan Hubig
Jul 1, 20192 min read
WHY NOT? / Hell to the Chief
He who calls me THE ugliest of writers shall have not his name spoken. Nor of the publication nor broadcast nor streaming service failing...
James Medlin / Art: Dan Hubig
May 15, 20198 min read
'WHY NOT?' / The Path to the Florida Years
From the Writer Formerly Known as "BigBoy" Yes, I was born on a mountaintop (no longer there) in Santa Anna, Texas. No, I was not ridden...
James BigBoy Medlin / Art by Dan Hubig
Feb 23, 20193 min read
WHY NOT? / National Emergencies?
If George Washington had declared a National Emergency he might have abolished political parties. In his farewell address he called...
James BigBoy Medlin / Art Dan Hubig
Jan 10, 20192 min read
WHY NOT? / Wall to Wall Nuttiness
By the time you read this the “Wall” controversy may have changed. Trump may have declared a National Emergency in order to detract from...
James BigBoy Medlin
Dec 24, 20182 min read
WHY NOT? / Breaking News
It’s been hard to keep up with the fast-breaking stories at year’s end. I may have confused a few events, but here’s a capsule review....
James BigBoy Medlin / Art Dan Hubig
Dec 20, 20188 min read
WHY NOT? / The Brain Trust (Early Days)
On an unseasonably warm (is warm ever “unseasonable” any more?) day in mid-October 2015, Travis Redfish headed North in his orange 1970...
James 'BigBoy' Medlin
Aug 22, 20188 min read
WHY NOT? / Et Tu Ted: End of the Trump Era
As loath as I am to relate stories that may be lacking in veracity, I feel compelled to share this narrative. Very recently, an...
