The Pastrami King
@mpaxson.bsky.social
I write things. Novels, novellas, short story collections. Available on just about every on-line book retailer. And I cook and bake and bicycle and nap. Opinions totally my own.
“Oh, you know, the President just says things. Pay no attention. He’s fixed the border!!”
December 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“Oh, you know, the President just says things. Pay no attention. He’s fixed the border!!”
What Sacramento is best known for, isn’t it?
December 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
What Sacramento is best known for, isn’t it?
LA is probably wonderful right now. But the Central Valley has been socked in. We’ll finally get a break in a couple of days with … what looks to be a week of rain.
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
LA is probably wonderful right now. But the Central Valley has been socked in. We’ll finally get a break in a couple of days with … what looks to be a week of rain.
Move to California they might say.
Where, in Sacramento, we haven’t seen the sun since Thanksgiving and the temps hover in the 40s day and night.
Where, in Sacramento, we haven’t seen the sun since Thanksgiving and the temps hover in the 40s day and night.
December 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Move to California they might say.
Where, in Sacramento, we haven’t seen the sun since Thanksgiving and the temps hover in the 40s day and night.
Where, in Sacramento, we haven’t seen the sun since Thanksgiving and the temps hover in the 40s day and night.
Yep. Shoulda been a week earlier.
December 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Yep. Shoulda been a week earlier.
Your friend and I need to have a beer together.
December 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Your friend and I need to have a beer together.
I think you should be acknowledging and applauding me for actually identifying an objective that was deeper than “I just wanted to write a story.”
December 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I think you should be acknowledging and applauding me for actually identifying an objective that was deeper than “I just wanted to write a story.”
You’re gonna have to write that up.
December 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
You’re gonna have to write that up.
Just had the very same thought.
November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Just had the very same thought.
I had a pile of ham, a chunk of turkey with gravy, and a handful of my Parker House rolls for dinner last night. That was it. I am not doing it again.
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I had a pile of ham, a chunk of turkey with gravy, and a handful of my Parker House rolls for dinner last night. That was it. I am not doing it again.
Aaah. Now it makes sense.
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Aaah. Now it makes sense.
What purpose does Eubanks serve in the starting lineup?
November 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
What purpose does Eubanks serve in the starting lineup?
Well … now I need to finish it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Well … now I need to finish it.
Does it count if the next, and hopefully concluding, part of The Dime opens at Christmas in Northville?
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Does it count if the next, and hopefully concluding, part of The Dime opens at Christmas in Northville?
It’s the forgotten appliances that make the world go around.
November 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
It’s the forgotten appliances that make the world go around.
Can it be like Die Hard, where there is a debate about whether it is actually a Christmas story? Or, like whether The Jump is a Halloween story? (It is.)
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Can it be like Die Hard, where there is a debate about whether it is actually a Christmas story? Or, like whether The Jump is a Halloween story? (It is.)