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FWIW
I have felt GREAT since I imposed a news blackout on myself. It’s been freeing. I’d expected the blackout to be over by the time Sam went home in early January, but then I had Elvisfest, which didn’t leaveme any time to get back into the swing of the news, and then I started t [...]
Read More..>>Revenge of the Van
After completing the $5.00 repair on the van, which had shut me down on the George Washington Bridge in the middle of the 1998 post-Thanksgiving rush, my vehicle was a lot more reliable (although every once in awhile the engine had this strange way of continuing to crank a few times after I shut the [...]
Read More..>>Return of the Van
In the last post, I mentioned that the minivan would be back. Here is the second chilling tale of the van.
After making the inaugural trip to Philadelphia, and losing the muffler in the process, the van and I began our daily relationship driving back and forth to my advertising job. It was a [...]
A Long Time Ago, I Interviewed to be a Smut Peddler
A NATIONAL PORN conglomerate based in Center City was raided by the FBI, the IRS and local authorities early yesterday, but federal officials remain tight-lipped about what exactly they were seeking.
The feds, carrying search warrants, descended on the corporate offices of National A-1 Advertising, on 7th Street near Chestnut, about 9 a.m., reported AVN.com, an [...]
Deep Thought
At my friend’s bookstore this afternoon, a guy overheard me mention my birthday.
“Congrats,” he said. “My son just turned 14. Do you remember what it was like to be 14?”
“Actually, I do,” I replied. “in fact, I’m as angry now as I was then, if not angrier. And i’m angry about the same things.”
It’s [...]
Read More..>>I’m 40 Now
I was really hoping I’d find a video on youtube for this song, which I’ve been saving up for today.
There were barefoot dreams of catching outlaws
There were school dreams of catching footballs
There were young dreams of finding great romance
There were armies and I took the chance
There were avenues of glory and some deep despair
That put [...]
6:20 Wake-Up Call
AAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGHHHHH OHGODOHGODOHGOD GET OUTTA MY HEAD, GET OUTTA MY HEAD.
“Oh Jesus-fucking-Christ,” I said, bolting upright in bed. It was 6:20 this morning, and the neighbor’s grandson was pitching one of his legendary psychotic fits. The banging on the wall suggested he was trying to dislodge whatever was in his skull through sheer force [...]
Light Blogging this Weekend
I am in Montreal and have limited access to the intertoobs (and the keyboard is set to French, which makes apostrophes look like this: è…
and makes question marks look like this: É
Anyway, visiting with the teachers, hanging out with Sam, and hitting a bunch of shows tonight at the Montreal Pop Festival.
I love [...]
DISGUSTING STUFF THAT MEN DO
I swear to God, men are conditioned to behave like animals when it comes to basic bathroom hygiene. I use that word “conditioned” deliberately, since your average men’s room is a fucking disgrace: there’s typically piss all over the floor, unflushed toilets, stalls that afford you barely a modicum of privacy. So given the [...]
Read More..>>Sparrows and Hawks
There’s an old chinese parable by Chu’ang Tzu, a Taoist philosopher of the 4th century BC, about a gigantic fish that turns into a bird. Chu’ang Tzu is infamously difficult to read, made more complicated by stylistic conventions in which English writers incorporate Chinese terms into the text, so I’m going to offer my [...]
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