The Runny Pen

I just wrote this title and I immediately realize that I hate the sound of the word. Glitch. Sounds like you’ve got too much spit in your mouth after sucking down a sour-apple Jolly Rancher. Glitch. There’s other words I hate, just the sound of ‘em. Slacks. Dollop. Kind. Spry. Never was fond of the [...]

Metallica’s “S&M” (Symphony and Metallica) DVD is the first of its kind in that the experience of watching the DVD (or just playing it in the background while doing laundry) is actually better than just listening to the CD. I know it came out a number of years ago but I’ve rediscovered it lately. Many [...]

The ultimate spiritual test for modern man is obviously traffic. Just watch your friend slam that horn when someone cuts him off. Or watch your sister’s forehead wrinkle away her Botox as she rides the bumper of the old lady driving ten miles an hour under the speed limit. Or better yet, watch yourself.
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Figured I’d double-dip the pen in the inkwell and see what flowed. Wrote the last one from work about an hour ago. The sprinklers come on and I am sitting here with tired eyes and an excited mind absorbing the room’s 180 degree change in furniture arrangement. 
There’s a guy I work with named Jett! He [...]

The old transvestite with a broken heel hobbled down Santa Monica Boulevard. S/he yelled it at a yawning cop and I scribbled it down. “If it moves and it don’t supposed to, use duct tape. If it supposed to move and it don’t, use WD40!”

I am just going to address it. Speak of the subject directly. It has been mentioned here a few times already so why not? The first posting infers its presence. I don’t think anyone is particularly upset about it and I don’t think it ruins anything. Maybe a little naughty but I do not believe [...]

Everyone who has ever driven a car over five miles has a secret route to somewhere. Some labyrinth of back streets, alleyways and offramps that ushers them to their destination a few minutes quicker than the freeway. If you’re in Montana maybe your Ford Bronco cuts across a creek or a neighboring cattle ranch. But [...]

Many writers believe writing to be difficult. A soul-wrenching process they are both drawn to and repelled from. It is easy to call an afternoon conversing at the barstool ‘research’. But a painful amnesia produced by a hang-over can even further complicate the failure of an unforgiving blank page. It is easy to find [...]

Rising crescendo from “Lord Of The Rings” soundtrack is a nice transition after “The Black Keys”. I can’t believe I’m up and doing this at this hour. Can’t fall asleep for some reason. But not a mindfuck pillow wrestle. More of a passionate ‘I know I have to sleep but I’d rather go jogging’ vibe. [...]