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Tomato Child Beneath the Stairs

by July 22nd, 2008 - Creative » Writing »

Ratchet’s Dream Diary — May 15, 2008 I unlock the door to my apartment building, exhausted after a long day at work. As I open the door, I find that Bonnie, my upstairs neighbor, is standing at the bottom of the stairs, her young daughter at her side. She is holding a strange bundle. She […]

This Post is Free of Magnetic Fields

by July 11th, 2008 - Science »

Magnetic Movie from Semiconductor on Vimeo. I found this spectacular video linked on Phil Plait’s intelligent and responsible blog Bad Atronomy, where he introduces the clip, writing: You are immersed in magnetic fields right now. Your computer, your house, your office, your street, your TV, your iPod… they all have magnetic fields around them, and […]

The – – – Story Ever Told

by June 5th, 2008 - Creative » Poetry »

Plaid White Laminate Lard Typecast in textbooks A silky circular creamy scar Turn the fire on Turn the fire on Turn the fire on Orange fuzzy partitions Dividing departments The precipice tipped off A tick to a tick Words take their form A memorial carved into Our Plaid White Laminate Lard

Threw Sickness

by February 11th, 2008 - Creative » Writing »

Mythological amnesiac, woodworked dilettante, and/or hapless banker found upon a lost highway. No beginning and no end, you know neither where it was you left nor where it is you’re going, yet feel the pressured approach of both, the time between, the time beyond, and the absence elsewhere of an unlisted dimension. Sleeping off the […]

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