March 2009
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Springtime Cone
… in the San Fernando Valley. More of interest than the traffic cone is the gorgeous navel orange tree behind it. There are many, many citrus trees in the Valley, and plenty of varieties. We have two lemon trees that are year-round (something I wasn’t aware of, year-round fruit).The other day I was walking by […]
Not That I’m a Conspiracy Theorist or Anything…
But come on—that old salt from Gorton’s sitting directly across from the salty little Morton miss, forming a perfect isosceles triangle with that Planters’ nut-job? Something vaguely Last Supper-ish about it, if you ask me. Oh, and they’re all having a great laugh at my expense! Well, we’ll just see who laughs last, advertising mascots. […]
Pssst! Over here!
Hi, my name’s Robert and I used to post here a lot. I’d like to post here again in the near future. In the meantime, I’ve moved to Uganda and have opened a computer lab. The blog for the project is here: S7 Project.
Special Diet Suggestion
I go by this store every morning.
Sea Salt in Wound
I’ve become rather adept at viewing TV shows that I’ve recorded on the DVR. I’ll zip through commercials at the two-little-triangles speed, or if I’m in a big hurry, three little triangles. So it’s all the more impressive when an advertisement catches my eye, forcing me to be kind (to sponsors), rewind, and watch at […]
Saturday Night Burger Buddy
“Excuse me, now, I don’t mean this to be something weird….” Oh boy, here it comes, something weird. He wants money. He must want money. 3:30 a.m. on the PATH train. It had been a long Saturday night, what with the college-radio friend’s art opening and the record-store friend’s friend’s band’s gig and the art […]
Can’t Swing a Dead Cat ‘Round Here Without Hitting an Artist
I’ve noticed an increasing amount of “homeland jargon” quotes nestled into articles dealing with dire economic forecasts as of late.Here are two examples, the first about Oregon’s statewide school budget crisis:The worst part, she said, is the ongoing financial uncertainty. The town agonizes through one round of funding cuts, only to hear that it was […]
Idea for a Short Story
A guy is lovesick. He is thinking about this woman all the time and his stomach hurts and he feels all weird inside. Sometimes it’s so acute he feels like he might vomit at any second. Then he drops dead because, you see, the symptoms had nothing to do with the girl or his emotions. […]
Jack Silbert, curator