Gentle cabrones: It's graduation season again, which means I'm getting invited to give commencement speeches again Giving a private one tomorrow at a outdoor graduation party, and giving a high school one later th...

Gentle cabrones: He sidled up to me at the bar as I sat alone, waiting for a friend. I pretended not to notice him, but he knew I was bluffing. He pretended not to notice me, but I knew he was bullshitting. This w...

Gentle cabrones: The spring semester for Orange Coast College is over, so I turned in my grades this week. Good class! Mix of experienced writers and newbies, older students and not, people who are fans of mine an...

Gentle cabrones: Is there something in your life that you always think you can do without and go off in life without it, something that just takes a little extra step to accomplish — then get screwed when you don't h...

Gentle cabrones: Years and years and years ago, my dad bought me a toy Rambo. I can't exactly remember when. It wasn't 1985, when Rambo: First Blood, Part II came out, because I was more into Commando that year. I...