Tim Barrus Blog

1. Tim Barrus, New York Times

   To use the idea of “fun” as a weaponized guided cruise missle that hits the wrong wedding in Oman, I am here to tell you that “fun” has little to do with survival, and if you have survived the contemporary world, you have validated yourself in a terrain where validation…

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2. Tim Barrus: It All Depends Upon How Badly You Want It

   Held in bitterness by the razor teeth of the cold wind, you could smell the rain and the crows were shimmering  blue.

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3. Tim Barrus, New York Times

   I find it amazing that we insist on cultural realities such as ritual to validate the cosmic us and them. The senate itself resembles the reign of George the Third. Spiritual guide for the aristocracy. All the old, fat men, impotent, bitter, and confused. They’re like the Terminator. They just…

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4. Tim Barrus: You Always Did Jump for Joy

   You were either high (and all of its variations) or you were low (and all of its variations). You had flown up a tree not unlike Peter Pan. “I’m flyiiiiinnnngggg.” Peter is a naughty boy. You have no idea. How naughty is Pan, anyway. The question is not worthy of…

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5. Tim Barrus: Appalachia Town

   “Do you reckon you will take pictures of the house.” “No.”

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6. Tim Barrus, New York Times

   I am actually hard on the South. A jaundiced eye. Never use a radiator. We grow great corn around here. I’ve never seen a still. But I have heard whispers about them.

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7. Tim Barrus: Why Do Cops All Have the Same Ass

   How big is it. Her ass is so big, you could fit a three car garage in there. Big. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/16/opinion/america-west-road-trip.html?campaign_id=0&emc=edit_cr_20220717&instance_id=0&nl=comments-notifications&regi_id=56243886&segment_id=0&user_id=acf7e0fa0ccfaa274c5a8c73c0976c4a#commentsContainer&permid=119353333:119353333

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8. Tim Barrus, New York Times

   I live at the top of a mountain in the Blue Ridge. I ride a dirt bike. Street bikers think I’m nuts. But who needs a helmet anyway. I am thinking America in my hair. When I ride into a city, someone tries to steal my bike. I have caught…

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9. Tim Barrus: There Be Shadows in The Scratchings on the Rocks

   To which is fixed. Midnight on a spit. Slanderous tongues and savages.

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10. Tim Barrus, New York Times

    They have nukes. Let us pretend only half of their murderous machine works. Let us pretend only half of our weapons work. The world is destroyed anyway because Real Politik interventions like a peace table and none of them are round.Homo sapiens destroy everything in their path. What keeps them…

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