The Latin phrase is sui generis, "one of a kind." We have only one "Father of Our Country," George Washington. We have only one convicted felon President, Donald John Trump, although his sexual partner, Stormy Daniels, is only one of a throng of women who refer to him as a "John."
Brownsville, also, has only one blogfather, the progenitor of the local blogosphere, one Jerry McHale, currently holding serve with his latest blogging effort, the McHale Report.
Now, Juan Montoya of El Rrun Rrun, likely has more daily pageviews and certainly a well-visited, feisty comment section, but McHale set out some decades ago to create and write a column of news and commentary, El Rocinante, independent of local media, a stand-alone blog and many longtime politicos still have the scars to show for it.
Nowadays, the McHale Report is primarily a discussion and display of human genitalia, thus the rigorous entry standards that require a reader to certify they're past the age of consent, yet there's nothing in Jerry's blog you won't find in the Kinsey Reports. Just one disclaimer: Detailed accounts of Jerry's sexual escapades and conquests are typically reprints of stories from a few years back, but, just as tantalizing and erotic as if the events occurred yesterday.
On occasion, McHale will preface his name with the abbreviated title "Dr.," a Brownsville tradition. A late and former BISD Board of Trustees' Chairman assumed the title Doctor, despite having attended just a few classes at a college in Mexico. Others have paid a couple hundred for a "degree" from the University of Phoenix or some other prestigious online university. No matter. In Brownsville, it's only the desk nameplate that counts.
McHale, every bit as good a Catholic as Eddie Lucio, Jr. will continue blogging "usque ad mortem" (until death you part), knowing that “finit hic Deus.” (God ends here).
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