November 2009
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Jersey Boys (State)
In my life, I’ve been generally well-regarded. With the distinct exception of one week in the summer of 1986. Prior to that, respect and acclaim followed me wherever I went. Mr. Skadden, my third-grade teacher at El Monte Elementary in Concord, California, dubbed me “Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.” In fifth grade at Candlewood Elementary […]
Wal-Mart in Covina
(from the LA Times)…Becky Willison, 31, of Covina was one of them, standing watch over a boxed Cabbage Patch Kids doll. She hoped to nab the $9 item for her 15-month-old daughter Mackensie because “it’s smushy,” she said. The former middle-school English teacher, who was laid off in June, saved $550 of her unemployment checks […]
Man Cave Update
Pretty light sentences, I would say.
I Was Willing To Give Mel Gibson Another Chance
Really, I was. Sure, there had been the anti-semitism and sexism, the homophobia, The Passion of the Christ, that Apocalypto piece of crap, and that crazy beard. I haven’t seen a Mel Gibson movie since Signs in 2002, and I only remember that it was awful, and there were glasses of water all over the […]
Cone-tributors
When people stop me on the street, they most often say, “Stop following me or I will call the police.” But their second-most frequent utterance is, “Boy, we sure enjoy the whimsical appearances of traffic cones on that Salty Wound blog.” The cone craze continues to spread, and my in-box has been flooded with submissions […]
Cones on ice.
IMG_2110Originally uploaded by Bklyneli
Jack Silbert, curator