Category: Ryne Hancock

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Ryne Hancock: Hope Is A Winding Road, But It Comes Eventually

Peter Adrastos Athas

My friend Ryne had a bad year even by 2020 standards. He’s feeling and doing much better now as you can tell from his latest post. Hope Is A Winding Road, But It Comes Eventually by Ryne Hancock Apart from my biking to deliver food, last spring wasn’t filled with festivals and social bike rides. It didn’t include trivia nights at Tracey’s, open mics around the city, late nights at Igor’s, or being behind a mic at a radio station. My socialization last spring was limited to the customers I had with my day job as well as the dumbass … Continue reading Ryne Hancock: Hope Is A Winding Road, But It Comes Eventually

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Ryne Hancock: The Fallacies Of Our Crushes

Peter Adrastos Athas

My friend Ryne Hancock’s first post of 2021 strikes a wistful tone. For the non-New Orleanians out there, Broadmoor is an Uptown neighborhood. -Adrastos The Fallacies Of Our Crushes by Ryne Hancock In a few days, my friend Cait in Broadmoor will be turning 42. Despite the fact that we are still in a pandemic, her birthday will include dinner, gifts from her kids and husband as well as well-wishes from friends and family for another trip around the sun. During that same week in January of 1979, one of my first celeb crushes, Aaliyah, was born. If my memory … Continue reading Ryne Hancock: The Fallacies Of Our Crushes

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Guest Post: Hard Sympathy

Peter Adrastos Athas

Good morning. Tommy T is on the disabled list with a serious health problem. It is not, however, caused by reading the Freepers so we don’t have to. Here’s hoping our beloved friend and colleague gets well soon. That’s as mushy as I get, y’all. Today’s guest blogger is my young friend Ryne Hancock. He’s the guy who inspired my Bad Karma post last week, which led to his first First Draft shout-out. I also owe him because his bike was stolen in front of my house a few years ago. Sorry about that. Ryne is a native Memphian who … Continue reading Guest Post: Hard Sympathy