posts from abstract

Notes from the debate marathon… bloodlust… nonpartisan camera humping… boredom… Resident Evil

by January 5th, 2008 - Politics »

What a day it could have been. Had the football games had any good teams in them, I might have worn my TV out. Still, the touchy-feely, teeth-baring, love-in format of the back-to-back debates were enough to keep me busy until my attention ran out of steam. Having not watched network news for some time, […]

Spearhead from Walnutport

by January 3rd, 2008 - Creative » Writing »

Today, for some reason, I had to wear a shirt. This caused great concern initially, but eventually I picked one of the many that littered the floor. I would have been squarely knocked on my ass if the wall hadn’t been directly behind me. The chosen one smelled exactly like Walnutport. But this shirt lives […]

MUTE Politics

by December 31st, 2007 - Politics »

Watching a campaign-stop speech on C–SPAN…at 4AM…on MUTE…makes everyone, on stage and in the crowd, look like the worst goddamn criminals. They have all either just recently committed the worst crime in some darkened passage of the Town Hall…committed it years and years ago and now carry that baggage everywhere they go in the form […]

Almost Emo 3AM Shopping Clearance

by December 29th, 2007 - Creative » Writing »

You remember don’t you? I do. It’s two or three things really, but ultimately it has to do with Big Bird…I think. It’s not what you think…though it would be interesting to know just what it is you are thinking. No, I’m talking about the primal essence of Big Bird, with all his veneer stripped […]

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